The Prosecutor v. Dominique Ntawukulilyayo

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The Prosecutor v. Dominique Ntawukulilyayo

Case number	ICTR-05-82
Case Name	"Ntawukulilyayo"
Status	Closed · Sentenced

Context

Dominique Ntawukulilyayo was Sous-Préfet of Gisagara Sous Prefecture in Butare Prefecture; consequently had de jure and de facto control over bourgmestres, conseillers de secteur, responsables de cellule, nyumbakumi (ten-house leaders), administrative personnel, gendarmes, communal police, Interahamwe, militias, and armed civilians in the sous-prefecture in that he could order such persons to commit or to refrain from committing unlawful acts and could discipline or punish them for unlawful acts or omissions.

Pre-Trial

Initial Indictment	26 May 2005
Amended IndictmentS	13 June 2005 1 May 2009 18 May 2009
Crimes Charged	Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS Direct and public incitement to commit genocide · art. 2(3)(c) ICTRS Complicity in genocide · art. 2(3)(e) ICTRS
Arrest and Transfer	17 October 2007 · Arrested in France · Transferred to ICTR 5 June 2008
Initial Appearance	10 June 2008 · Plea: Not Guilty

Trial

Trial Chamber	Trial Chamber III · Judges: Judge Khalida Rachid Khan (Presiding), Judge Lee Gacuiga Muthoga, Judge Aydin Sefa Akay
Trial Opening	6 May 2009
Trial Judgment	3 August 2010
Crimes at Trial Judgment	Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS
Sentencing Judgment	25 years of imprisonment

Appeal

Appeals Chamber	Appeals Chamber · Judges: Judge Carmel Agius (Presiding), Judge Mehmet Güney, Judge Liu Daqun, Judge Arlette Ramaroson, Judge Andrésia Vaz
Appeals Filed By	Defence
Appeal Judgment	14 December 2011
Crimes at Appeal Judgment	Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS
Final Sentence	20 years of imprisonment
Transfer to Serve Sentence	1 July 2012 · Mali 19 December 2018 · Benin

Key Documents

Initial Indictment	Initial Indictment (2005)
Amended Indictment	Amended Indictment (2009)
Trial Judgment	Trial Judgment (2010)
Appeal Judgment	Appeal Judgment (2011)
ICTR Case Page	Official ICTR page