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    Posted on March 6th, 2013

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    Dutch court finds Yvonne Basebya guilty of instigating genocide

    Dutch court finds Yvonne Basebya guilty of instigating genocide

    A Dutch court found Yvonne Basebya guilty of instigation to commit genocide in the run up to and during the 1994 genocide. She was accused of having and using an influential position in Gikondo, Kigali to incite hatred and violence among the mostly youth militias, who committed crimes including murder and rape against Tutsis.

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    Posted on December 20th, 2012

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    Former Rwandan minister sentenced to 35 years for his role in genocide

    Former Rwandan minister sentenced to 35 years for his role in genocide

    The ICTR sentenced former Rwandan minister Augustin Ngirabatware to 35 years in jail for his role in the 1994 genocide. Ngirabatware was Planning Minister in the interim government that was in place during the genocide. This is the Tribunal’s last judgment, apart from appeals.

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    Posted on June 22nd, 2012

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    UN court hands life term to last military officer tried

    UN court hands life term to last military officer tried

    The UN tribunal for Rwanda Tuesday handed a life sentence to a former army captain nicknamed the “Butcher of Butare” for his role in the 1994 genocide. Ildephonse Nizeyimana is the last member of the former Rwandan army who will be tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

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    Posted on June 2nd, 2012

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    The ICTR’s Karemera Judgment

    The ICTR’s Karemera Judgment

    The ICTR found Édouard Karemera and Mathieu Ngirumpatse criminally responsible for rapes and sexual assaults committed on a large scale against Tutsi women and girls by members of the Interahamwe, other militiamen and members of the Civilian Defence Program. Both were convicted under the “extended form” of joint criminal enterprise liability, which permits the tribunal to hold perpetrators accountable for crimes that were the natural and foreseeable consequences of the intended crimes.

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    Posted on May 12th, 2012

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    ICTR confirms life sentence for Rwandan former army lieutenant

    ICTR confirms life sentence for Rwandan former army lieutenant

    The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has rejected the appeal of former Rwandan army officer Ildephonse Hategekimana and confirmed his life sentence for genocide and crimes against humanity. According to the lower court judgment, Hategekimana ordered the selection, kidnap and murder of Tutsis from a religious convent near his military camp on April 30, 1994. The judges also found that he had encouraged acts of rape.

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    Posted on April 17th, 2012

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    “Busting myths” about prosecuting wartime rape

    “Busting myths” about prosecuting wartime rape

    In “Myth-buster: Rwanda tribunal judgment establishes new prohibitions of wartime rape,” Alison Cole unravels some myths and discusses lessons learned concerning the international prosecution of crimes of sexual violence.

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    Posted on April 4th, 2012

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    Rwanda tribunal denies request to make submissions on sentencing

    Rwanda tribunal denies request to make submissions on sentencing

    The Hirondelle News Agency recently reported that the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has denied a request by two leading victims’ rights groups to hear them through presentation of submissions on certain sentences imposed by the trial court.

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    Posted on December 22nd, 2011

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    Former Rwandan politicians sentenced to life imprisonment

    Former Rwandan politicians sentenced to life imprisonment

    According to the Chamber, the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Tutsi women and girls were raped, mutilated and sexually assaulted by Interahamwe, other militias, soldiers and civilians on a large scale in various places in Rwanda, as part of a widespread and systematic attack that intended to destroy the Tutsi ethnic group. The judges noted that the accused took no action to prevent Interahamwe from raping or to punish the perpetrators. “Accordingly, the Chamber finds that Karemera and Ngirumpatse are liable for the rapes and sexual assaults against Tutsi women and girls,” the judges ruled.

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    Posted on July 11th, 2011

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    Rwandan acquitted of rape, convicted of war crimes, during genocide

    Rwandan acquitted of rape, convicted of war crimes, during genocide

    Radio Netherlands reports that the Hague Appeal Court sentenced Joseph Mpambara to life imprisonment for war crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide. Mpambara was acquitted of two counts of rape committed during the genocide, despite eyewitness testimony. “You were at the forefront during the attack on the Seventh Day Adventist Complex. You and others shot these people, and attacked them with machetes, clubs and other weapons. Many hundreds of victims were massacred and wounded.”

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    Posted on June 25th, 2011

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    Former Minister sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide

    Former Minister sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide

    The Hirondelle News Agency reports that on 24 June 2011, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the only woman ever to have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for genocide and crimes against humanity, was sentenced to life imprisonment after having been found guilty for her participation in the 1994 genocide.

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