Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    Conseil de Guerre de la République Rwandaise (Military Tribunal), Chambre Spécialisée, Kigali - Anaclet Rwahama

    Year
    1998
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Genocide Hutu Tutsi

    Reference link
    http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/1181/Anaclet/
    Type of mechanism
    Military Tribunal
    Name of mechanism
    Conseil de Guerre de la République Rwandaise (Military Tribunal), Chambre Spécialisée, Kigali
    Name of accused
    Anaclet Rwahama
    Charges
    Rwahama was accused of participating in and leading attacks by Interahamwe militias at Kicukiro in Kigali that killed minority Tutsi and moderate Hutu and for raping several Tutsi women, including a 13-year-old girl.The sexual violence conviction seems to be based on the Rwandan Criminal Code and the Organic Law of 1996, which prohibited international crimes, including sexual torture (“Avoir commis des actes de torture sexuelle et violé des femmes Tutsi, infractions prévues et réprimées par l’article 360, 2ème et 3ème du Code pénal rwandais et par la Loi Organique du 30/08/96 en son article 2a et 14a”).
    Trial chamber verdict
    On 24 November 1998 he was found guilty of genocide, rape, breaking into homes and non-assistance to people in danger in Kicukiro, Kigali, between April and July 1994.
    sentencing
    Rwahama was sentenced to death.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    18

  • Literature

    Gallimore, Rangira B. - Militarism, Ethnicity and Sexual Violence...

    Year
    2008
    Issues
    Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Rape Hutu Militia Masculinity Ethnicity

    Reference link
    http://www.agi.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/429/feminist_africa_journals/archive/10/fa_10_feature_article_1.pdf
    Full reference
    Gallimore, Rangira Béa, "Militarism, Ethnicity and Sexual Violence in the Rwandan Genocide", in Feminist Africa, 2008, vol. 10, pp. 9-29.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
    Author
    Gallimore, Rangira B.

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    ICTR - Jean Mpambara

    Year
    2006
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Acquittal Genocidal Rape Hutu Tutsi Joint Criminal Enterprise (JCE) Aiding and Abetting

    Reference link
    http://www.unictr.org/en/cases/ictr-01-65
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
    Name of accused
    Jean Mpambara
    Charges
    Mpambara was charged with the following sexual violence crimes: Causing serious bodily or mental harm as genocide or, alternatively, complicity in genocide under Article 6(1) (aiding and abetting by omission or, alternatively, JCE III) for acts of sexual violence committed against Tutsi women between 6 and 16 April 1994, including: (i) the rape of a Tutsi woman by two attackers in Gahini sector, in Rukara commune, on or about 8 April 1994; (ii) the rape of a pregnant Hutu woman married to a Tutsi man by multiple attackers in Nyawera sector, in Rukara commune, on or about 11 April 1994; and (iii) the rapes of a number of Tutsi women by soldiers during the attacks on Rukara parish between 7 and 16 April 1994.
    Trial chamber verdict
    Mpambara was found not guilty of all charges by the Trial Chamber on 12 September 2006, thus including sexual violence, and was acquitted.
    Appeals chamber verdict
    The Prosecution did not appeal the acquittal.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    ICTR-01-65

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