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Criminal law RPAA 00418/2023/CA

UBUSHINJACYAHA vs DUKUZUMUREMYI

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
RPAA 00418/2023/CA

The Court of Appeal overturned a child-abandonment conviction, finding no legally proven parentage and insufficient evidence of the accused’s involvement.

  • Child abandonment
  • Parental responsibility
  • Criminal procedure
  • Burden of proof
  • Child-abandonment
  • Parental-responsibility
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Criminal law RPA 0087/12/CS

UBUSHINJACYAHA v. TUYAMBAZE

Court
Supreme Court
Case number
RPA 0087/12/CS

Rwanda Supreme Court held that throwing a live newborn into a latrine amounted to infanticide, not mere child abandonment, but reduced the sentence to five years.

  • Infanticide
  • Mitigating circumstances
  • Child abandonment
  • Child-abandonment
  • Mitigating-circumstances
  • Criminal-sentencing
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