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| |  | | Jean Kambanda | | | context : | Rwanda  | | judgement place : | ICTR (Rwanda) | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Condemned to life imprisonment | | position : | Prime minister of the caretaker government during the 1994 genocide |
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| | | | Jean Kambanda was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya on 18 July 1997 and transferred to the International Criminal Court for Rwanda (ICTR) on the same day.
He was indicted on 16 October 1997 for:
- genocide
- conspiracy to commit genocide
- direct and public incitation to commit genocide
- complicity in genocide
- crimes against humanity (two charges: assassination and extermination)
Jean Kambanda made his initial appearance before the ICTR on 1 May 1998 and pleaded guilty to the six charges against him. The trial was therefore short and ended on 31 August 1998. During the hearing prior to the sentencing , the public prosecutor called for life imprisonment in view of "the serious and heinous nature of the crimes committed for which the accused pleaded guilty." (See link “motion by the prosecution prior to sentencing”.
On 4th September 1998, the ICTR condemned Jean Kambanda to life imprisonment for genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, public and direct incitation to commit genocide, complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity.
Jean Kambanda withdrew his guilty plea, saying he had been forced into pleading guilty and lodged an appeal against the judgment.
On 19th October 2000, the ICTR Appeal Chamber confirmed in all respects the first instance judgment saying that Kambanda was fully aware of the consequences of his guilty plea.
After several months of detention in Tanzania, Jean Kambanda is serving his sentence in Mali, at the Central Prison of Bamako. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Rwanda | | | date of birth : | | | 19.10.1955 | | | last time seen : | | | Bamako Central Prison (Mali) | | | period of charges : | | | 09.04.1994 - 17.07.1994 | | | judgement period : | | | 01.05.1998 - 19.10.2000 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
Genocide | | | profile last modified : | | | 04.12.2009 |
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