Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTR - Anatole Nsengiyumva (Bagasora et al. “Military I”)
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Acquittal Command Responsibility Genocide Inhuman Treatment Tutsi War Crimes Rape as Crime Against Humanity
- Reference link
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- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- Name of accused
- Anatole Nsengiyumva
- Charges
- Nsengiyumva had been charged with sexual violence crimes - i.e. conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide, complicity in genocide, rape as a crime against humanity, persecution as a crime against humanity, other inhumane acts as a crime against humanity, violence to health and to the physical or mental well-being of civilians as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime and outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, rape and indecent assault as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime under Article 6(3) (command responsibility) for: (i) rapes, sexual assaults and other crimes of a sexual nature committed against Tutsi women and girls in various locations in Gisenyi, including at Nyundo parish.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Nsengiyumva was found not guilty for the sexual violence crimes under these counts by the Trial Chamber (on 18 December 2008).
- sentencing
- Nsengiyumva was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment on 14 December 2011 (for other charges).
- Appeals chamber verdict
- The acquittal for the sexual violence was not appealed by the Prosecution.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- ICTR-98-41
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTR - Aloys Ntabakuze (Bagasora et al. “Military I”)
- Issues
- Modes of Liability
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Acquittal Command Responsibility Crimes Against Humanity Genocide Sexual Violence Tutsi War Crimes Rape as Crime Against Humanity
- Reference link
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- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- Name of accused
- Aloys Ntabakuze
- Charges
- Ntabakuze had been charged with sexual violence crimes: i.e. conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide, complicity in genocide, rape as a crime against humanity, persecution as a crime against humanity, other inhumane acts as a crime against humanity, violence to health and to the physical or mental well-being of civilians as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime and outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, rape and indecent assault as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime under Article 6(3) (command responsibility) for: (i) rapes, sexual assaults and other crimes of a sexual nature committed against Tutsi women and girls throughout Rwanda, including at the secondary nursing school in Kabgayi, in Gitarama prefecture;(ii) the sexual assault of Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana
- Trial chamber verdict
- Ntabakuze was found not guilty for the sexual violence crimes under these counts by the Trial Chamber (on 18 December 2008).
- sentencing
- Ntabakuze was given a sentence of 35 years’ imprisonment on 8 May 2012 (for other charges).
- Appeals chamber verdict
- The acquittal for the sexual violence was not appealed by the Prosecution.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- ICTR-98-41
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Conseil de Guerre de la République Rwandaise (Military Tribunal), Chambre Spécialisée, Kigali - Anaclet Rwahama
- 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
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