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Criminal law RLR V.3-2024

PROSECUTION v. HABYARIMANA

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
RPAA/GEN 00008/2019/CA

The appeal by Habyarimana Jean is unfounded. The Court of Appeal finds that he was lawfully imprisoned following conviction and that procedural irregularities in pre-trial detention do not entitle him to provisional release. ICTR case law regarding other MRND leaders does not exculpate him as he was not a party to those proceedings. The court has discretion to assess testimonial evidence, and the testimonies against Habyarimana Jean were corroborated and credible. The High Court did not disregard exculpatory evidence but found it less credible than prosecution evidence. The correct legal clas…

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  • Genocide
  • Conspiracy to commit genocide
  • Complicity in genocide
  • Incitement to commit genocide
  • Criminal procedure
  • Law of evidence
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Criminal law RLR V.3-2025

PROSECUTION v. HABYARIMANA

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
RPAA/GEN 00008/2019/CA

Habyarimana Jean was lawfully imprisoned following conviction and cannot be provisionally released on grounds of prior unlawful detention. ICTR case law does not exculpate him as he was not a party. The court properly exercised its discretion in evaluating testimonial evidence, including conflicting witness statements, and found the prosecution's evidence more credible. The High Court's classification of offenses required rectification, but the evidence established Habyarimana Jean's guilt for conspiracy to commit genocide, complicity in genocide, and incitement to commit genocide. The penalt…

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  • Genocide
  • Conspiracy to commit genocide
  • Complicity in genocide
  • Incitement to commit genocide
  • Criminal procedure
  • Evidence
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