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    Nyarugunga Primary Court, Kigali (ICTR transfer) - Bernard Munyagishari

    Issues
    Female Perpetrators of Sexual Violence
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Ordering/Instigating Rape with Foreign Objects Interahamwe

    Reference link
    http://unictr.unmict.org/en/cases/ictr-05-89
    Type of mechanism
    Domestic court
    Name of mechanism
    Nyarugunga Primary Court, Kigali
    Name of accused
    Bernard Munyagishari
    Charges
    Munyagishari had been charged with sexual violence as follows (indictment of 9 June 2005): - Genocide or, alternatively, complicity in genocide, and rape as a crime against humanity under Article 6(1) for: (i) ordering or instigating a special corps of young Interahamwe called ‘Ntarumikwa’ to rape Tutsi women and girls (ordering or instigating); (ii) for instigating his wife Zainabou and the female group of Interahamwe she headed to sexually torture Tutsi women (instigating); and (iii) raping a young Tutsi student named Françoise during the three weeks she was held captive in his house (committing); and under Article 6(3) (command responsibility) for: (i) the rape of a young Tutsi student named Françoise by two Interahamwe under his effective control during the three weeks she was held captive in his house; and (ii) the crimes committed by his wife Zainabou and the female group of Interahamwe she headed, who were under his effective control, including sexually torturing Tutsi women, forcing iron rods into Tutsi women’s vaginas and asking Tutsi women to produce milk from their bodies.
    Status
    2778
    Case number
    MICT-12-20

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