Yesterday, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced Siméon Nchamihigo to life in prison for acts committed during the Rwanda genocide in 1994 (see press release). The third Trial Chamber of the Tribunal found him guilty of genocide, extermination, murder and other inhumane act as crimes against humanity. The case is of particular importance because Nchamihigo was the former Deputy Prosecutor in Cyangugu Prefecture in Rwanda. According to the Chamber, Nchamihigo, ordered a Hutu militia to kill Tutsi with a view to eliminating the ethnic group of the Tutsi. The Chamber also established that Nchamihigo attended the meetings of … Continue reading International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentences former Rwandan prosecutor to life imprisonment