Rwanda Case Law

JEAN DE DIEU KAMUHANDA v. THE PROSECUTOR (APPEAL JUDGMENT)

Court

International Tribunal for Rwanda

Case number

ICTR-99-54A-A

The Appeals Chamber found that the appellant was properly convicted for ordering genocide and extermination as crimes against humanity based on credible evidence of his presence, authority, and actions at the Gikomero Parish Compound on 12 April 1994, including giving the order to attack. The convictions for instigating and aiding and abetting were vacated due to insufficient nexus between the distribution of weapons and the massacre. The appellant's arguments regarding defects in the indictment, assessment of evidence, burden of proof, and sentencing were rejected. The sentence of life impri…

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• Genocide
• Crimes against humanity
• Extermination
• Individual criminal responsibility
• Aiding and abetting
• Ordering

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The Appeals Chamber partly allowed the appeals, reversed several convictions for Ndindiliyimana and Nzuwonemeye, and partly reversed Sagahutu’s convictions while reducing his sentence.

• Genocide
• Crimes against humanity
• Serious violations of article 3 common to the geneva conventions and of additional protocol ii
• Superior responsibility
• Ordering
• Aiding and abetting

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François Karera v. The Prosecutor

The Appeals Chamber partly allowed François Karera’s appeal, reversing several convictions while affirming the remaining convictions and life sentence, subject to custody credit.

• Genocide
• Crimes against humanity
• Ordering
• Instigating
• Aiding and abetting
• Evidence assessment

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