Authority: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Date: 06/24/2011

Subject: The Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has sentenced all six accused, and among them Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, former Minister of Family and Women Development, as well as first woman to be convicted of genocide by the Tribunal for the massacres perpetrated in the province of Butare

Parties: The Prosecutor v. Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Arsène Shalom Ntahobali, Sylvain Nsabimana, Alphonse Nteziryayo, Joseph Kanyabashi, Élie Ndayambaje

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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