The Prosecutor v. Elizaphan Ntakirutimana and Gérard Ntakirutimana

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The Prosecutor v. Elizaphan Ntakirutimana and Gérard Ntakirutimana

Case number	ICTR-96-17
Case Name	"Ntakirutimana et al."
Status	Closed · Sentence Served

Context

Elizaphan Ntakirutimana was the Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mugoner.

Gérard Ntakirutimana was a physician at Mugonero hospital.

Pre-Trial

Initial Indictment	22 July 1996
Amended IndictmenTS	7 July 1998 20 October 2000
Crimes Charged	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS Conspiracy to commit genocide · art. 2(3)(b) ICTRS Complicity in genocide · art. 2(3)(e) ICTRS Crimes against humanity Crime against humanity of murder · art. 3(a) ICTRS Crime against humanity of extermination · art. 3(b) ICTRS Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 3(i) ICTRS Violations of Article 3 Common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II Violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular murder as well as cruel treatment such as torture, mutilation or any form of corporal punishment · art. 4(a) ICTRS Gérard Ntakirutimana Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS Conspiracy to commit genocide · art. 2(3)(b) ICTRS Complicity in genocide · art. 2(3)(e) ICTRS Crimes against humanity Crime against humanity of murder · art. 3(a) ICTRS Crime against humanity of extermination · art. 3(b) ICTRS Crime against humanity of other inhumane acts · art. 3(i) ICTRS Violations of Article 3 Common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II Violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular murder as well as cruel treatment such as torture, mutilation or any form of corporal punishment · art. 4(a) ICTRS
Arrest and Transfer	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana Arrested in United States of America · Transferred to ICTR 24 March 2000 Gérard Ntakirutimana 29 October 1996 · Arrested in Ivory Coast · Transferred to ICTR 30 November 1996
Initial Appearance	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana 31 March 2000 · Plea: Not Guilty Gérard Ntakirutimana 2 December 1996 · Plea: Not Guilty

Trial

Trial Chamber	Trial Chamber I · Judges: Judge Erik Møse (Presiding), Judge Navanethem Pillay, Judge Andrésia Vaz
Trial Opening	18 September 2001
Trial Judgment	21 February 2003
Crimes at Trial Judgment	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS Gérard Ntakirutimana Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS Crimes against humanity Crime against humanity of murder · art. 3(a) ICTRS
Sentencing Judgment	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana 10 years of imprisonment Gérard Ntakirutimana 25 years of imprisonment

Appeal

Appeals Chamber	Appeals Chamber · Judges: Judge Theodor Meron (Presiding), Judge Florence Mumba, Judge Mehmet Güney, Judge Wolfgang Schomburg, Judge Inés Mónica Weinberg de Roca
Appeals Filed By	Both
Appeal Judgment	13 December 2004
Crimes at Appeal Judgment	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS Gérard Ntakirutimana Genocide Genocide · art. 2(3)(a) ICTRS Crimes against humanity Crime against humanity of murder · art. 3(a) ICTRS
Final Sentence	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana 10 years of imprisonment Gérard Ntakirutimana 25 years of imprisonment
Transfer to Serve Sentence	Elizaphan Ntakirutimana 6 December 2006 · Sentence Served Gérard Ntakirutimana 27 June 2009 · Benin 24 April 2014 · Early released

Key Documents

Initial Indictment	Initial Indictment (1996)
Amended Indictment	Amended Indictment (2000)
Trial Judgment	Trial Judgment (2003)
Appeal Judgment	Appeal Judgment (2004)
ICTR Case Page	Official ICTR page