Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

Showing all 1 results.

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    MICT - Protais Mpiranya

    Issues
    Sexual Violence against Children Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Accused at large Interahamwe Rape with Foreign Objects Forced Nudity Desecration of Corpse

    Reference link
    http://www.unmict.org/en/cases/mict-12-02
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals
    Name of accused
    Protais Mpiranya
    Charges
    On the basis of the amended indictment of 3 August 2012 (made public on 4 June 2013), Mpiranya is charged with the following sexual violence crimes (as alleged in paragraphs 47-56 and 63 of the indictment, including the rapes of Tutsi women and children by soldiers of the Presidential Guard Battalion and members of the Interahamwe in the Kimihurura sector in Kigali and the desecration of Agathe Uwilingiyimana’s corpse by thrusting a bottle of soda into her vagina and leaving her naked body on display): - Genocide under Article 6(1) (JCE I) and Article 6(3) (command responsibility) [NB. It seems that only killing (Article 2(3)(a)) as genocide is charged, even though the rapes are also subsumed under the genocide charge]. - Complicity in genocide on the basis of Article 2(3)(e) (in the alternative of genocide) under Article 6(1) (JCE I) and 6(3). - Rape as a crime against humanity under Article 6(1) (JCE I; in the alternative JCE III) and 6(3). - Persecution as a crime against humanity under Article 6(1) (JCE I; in the alternative JCE III) (for the desecration of Uwilingiyimana’s corpse also instigating and aiding and abetting is mentioned) and 6(3). - Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity under Article 6(1) (JCE I; in the alternative JCE III) (for the desecration of Uwilingiyimana’s corpse also instigating and aiding and abetting is mentioned) and 6(3).
    Status
    2778
    Case number
    MICT-12-02

This is free software. Created with LinkAhead and Django. Licenced under AGPL version 3.0 (Sources).