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    ICTR transfer - Wenceslas Munyeshyaka

    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
    Country
    Rwanda, France
    Keywords
    Acquittal Aiding and Abetting Interahamwe In Absentia Priest

    Reference link
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    Type of mechanism
    Domestic court
    Name of accused
    Wenceslas Munyeshyaka
    Charges
    In the indictment of 2005, he was charged with: - Causing serious bodily or mental harm as genocide under Article 6(1) (direct responsibility) for (i) (aiding and abetting) an Interahamwe to rape HH a Tutsi civilian girl in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish; (ii) (aiding and abetting) an Interahamwe to rape BFY a Tutsi civilian girl in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish; (iii) (committing) rape on GG a Tutsi civilian girl, in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish in Kigali city; (iv) (committing) rape on BB a Tutsi civilian girl in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish in Kigali city; (v) (committing) rape on EE, a Tutsi civilian girl, in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish, Kigali city. - Rape as a crime against humanity under Article 6(1) (direct responsibility) for: (i) (committing) rape on GG a Tutsi civilian girl, in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish in Kigali city; (ii) (aiding and abetting) an Interahamwe to rape a Tutsi civilian girl in the Presbyterian rooms at Sainte-Famille Parish, in Kigali city; (iii) (aiding and abetting) an Interahamwe to rape a Tutsi civilian girl in the Presbyterian rooms at Sainte-Famille parish, in Kigali city; (iv) (committing) rape on a Tutsi civilian girl in the Presbyterian rooms at Sainte-Famille Parish in Kigali city; (v) (committing) rape on EE, a Tutsi civilian girl, in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish, Kigali city; (vi) (committing) rape on FF a Tutsi civilian girl in the Presbyterian rooms at Ste. Famille parish in Kigali city. In addition, planning and joint criminal enterprise III are also mentioned in the indictment, in more general terms.
    Status
    2778
    Case number
    MICT-13-45

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