ICTR Appeals Chamber Delivers Judgment in Multi-Accused Case (February 11, 2014) [1]
On February 11, 2014, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda delivered its judgment in The Prosecutor v. Augustin Ndindiliyimana, François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye, and Innocent Sagahutu. According to the press release [3], the Appeals Chamber “revers[ed] the convictions of Ndindiliyimana and Nzuwonemeye in their entirety, revers[ed] certain convictions for Sagahutu, leading to a reduction of his sentence from 20 to 15 years of imprisonment, and reject[ed], in part, the Prosecution’s appeal.” The accused persons played various roles in the Rwanda conflict. Ndindiliyimana held the rank of major general and served as Chief of Staff of the Rwandan gendarmerie until June 5, 1994; Nzuwonemeye held the rank of major and was commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion in April 1994 and “Sagahutu was the commander of Squadron A within the Reconnaissance Battalion during the same period.” Only a summary of the Judgment [4] is currently available.