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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR): Prosecutor v. Ruggiu

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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References

* This document was reproduced and reformatted from the text appearing at the ICTR website (visited October 11, 2000) http://www.ictr.org.

1 See Prosecutor v Akayesu, Case No. ICTR-96-4-T, Judgement (2 September 1998) para. 560.

2 Ibid, para. 551.

3 Ibid, para. 561.

4 Penal Code in, “Codes et Lois du Rwanda” (Codes and Laws of Rwanda), National University of Rwanda, 31 December 1994 update, Volume I, 2nd Edition: 1995, p. 395. [Unofficial translation.

5 See, Akayesu Judgement, para. 556.

6 Ibid, para. 556, p. 225.

7 The International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg, October 1946), Case of Julius Streicher, Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Official Text in the English Language, Vol XXII, p. 549.

8 Ibid, p. 547.

9 See The Prosecutor v. Duško Tadić, Case No. IT-94-1-T, Judgement of 7 May 1997, para. 656.

10 See The Prosecutor v. Kayishema and Ruzindana, Case No. ICTR-95-1-T, Judgement of 21 May 1999, paras. 133-134, p. 55.

11 See The Prosecutor v. Zoran Kupreskić, Case No. IT-95- 16-T, Judgement of 14 January 2000, para. 627.

12 See below paras. 44-45.

13 Organic Law No. 8/96 of 30 August 1996, published in the Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda, 35th year, No. 17,1 September 1996.

14 Ibid, p. 31.

15 See Omar Serushago v. The Prosecutor, Case No. ICTR-98-39-A, Decision of 6 April 2000, para. 30.

16 See The Prosecutor v. Kayishema and Ruzindana, Case No. ICTR-95-1-T, para 4 (Sentence).

17 Ibid, para 3 (Sentence).

18 The accused has read and signed the original French text of the Plea Agreement, which provides the basis for the factual account of the Judgement. When words or phrases in the English translation of the Plea Agreement do not fully reflect the French, an attempt has been made to align the French and English texts.

19 See French Transcript of 15 May 2000, p. 69-70.

20 See The Prosecutor v. Erdemović, Sentencing Judgement of 5 March 1998, ICTY Case No. IT-96-22, p. 11.

21 See The Prosecutor v. Jean Kambanda, Case No. ICTR-97-23-S, Judgement and Sentence of 4 September 1998, para. 62.

22 See The Prosecutor v. Omar Serushago, Case No. ICTR-98-39-S, Sentence of 5 February 1999, paras. 28 and 29.