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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [a] (ICTR; French: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; Kinyarwanda: Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga Rwashyiriweho u Rwanda) was an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 955 in order to adjudicate people charged for the Rwandan genocide and other serious violations of ...
Théoneste Bagosora (16 August 1941 – 25 September 2021) was a Rwandan military officer. He was chiefly known for his key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In 2011, the sentence was reduced to 35 years' imprisonment on appeal.
The Gacaca courts (Kinyarwanda: [ɡɑ.t͡ʃɑ̌ː.t͡ʃɑ]) were a system of transitional justice in Rwanda following the 1994 genocide. The term 'gacaca' can be translated as 'short grass' referring to the public space where neighborhood male elders (abagabo) used to meet to solve local problems. [1] The name of this system was then adopted in ...
e. The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. [4] During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu militias. Although the Constitution of Rwanda ...
Case referred to Rwanda on 25 June 2012 [5] [9] [10] Charles Ryandikayo: 28 November 1995: 2 3 2 — Case referred to Rwanda on 20 June 2012 [5] [11] [10] Charles Sikubwabo: 28 November 1995: 3 6 4 — Case referred to Rwanda on 26 March 2012 [5] [12] [10] Mikaeli Muhimana: 28 November 1995: 2 2 — — 8 November 1999
His trial was initially scheduled for the 26 January 2021, but was postponed by ongoing complications with the COVID-19 situation in Kigali. [83] His trial, alongside 20 co-defendants, began on 17 February 2021. [84] Rusesabagina told the court that he did not have Rwandan citizenship, so he could not face trial in Rwanda.
Criminal penalty. Life imprisonment (2 September 1998) [2] Date apprehended. 10 October 1995. Imprisoned at. Benin. Jean-Paul Akayesu (born 1953 in Taba [3]) is a former teacher, school inspector, and Republican Democratic Movement (MDR) politician from Rwanda, convicted of genocide for his role in inciting the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
Approximately 18 people were sentenced to death in Rwanda in 2003, and all were convicted of crimes related to their involvement in the Rwandan genocide; there were a total of 450 people put on trial in 2003 for genocide-related crimes, [10] many of whom were convicted during a mass trial. Those who were convicted but not sentenced to death had ...