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Part C Cases, G

Antonio Cassese

From: The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice

Edited By: Antonio Cassese (Editor-in-Chief)

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
22 January 2009
ISBN:
9780199238323

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 30 March 2023

Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Gacumbitsi (ICTR-2001-64), TC, 17 June 2004 (TJ); AC, 7 July 2006 (AJ). Gacumbitsi was the bourgmestre of the Rusomo commune in eastern Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. He was ultimately convicted for his participation in the massacre at the Nyarubuye parish church, which has become an internationally recognized symbol of the genocide, and for murder, extermination, and rape as crimes against humanity. The TC found that in early April 1994 Gacumbitsi played a major role in the campaign of incitement of crimes against Tutsi civilians in the...
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