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Siméon Nchamihigo

context :	Rwanda
judgement place :	ICTR (Rwanda)
status :	Sentenced
particulars :	Trial began on 25 September 2006; closing arguments by defence and prosecution in Januray 2008; sentenced to life inprisonment for genocide and crimes against humanity on 24 September 2008
position :	District attorney

facts

legal procedure

On 19 May 2001, Siméon Nchamihigo was arrested in Tanzania.

On 29 June 2001, the Prosecutor of the ICTR indicted Siméon Nchamihigo on five counts. He has to answer for:

- Genocide; complicity in genocide
- Crimes against humanity: assassination and extermination
- War crimes: Violence to life, health and physical or mental well being of persons, in particular murder, cruel treatment such as torture, mutilation, or any kind of physical maltreatment.

In June 2001, Siméon Nchamihigo pleaded not guilty to all charges at his initial appearance.

His trial began on 25 September 2006.

The closing arguments by the Defence and Prosecution were held in January 2008.

On 24 September 2008, the Trial Chamber of the ICTR found Nchamihigo guilty of genocide, extermination, murder and other inhumane act as crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life inprisonment.

In sentencing Nchamihigo, the Trial Chamber took into account in particular that he committed the crimes despite his position as a Rwandan prosecutor

His lawyers announced that he will appeal the judgement.

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 :
		08.09.1960
		also known as :
		Bahati Weza
		last time seen :
		Arusha, Tanzania
		period of charges :
		04.1994 - 07.1994
		judgement period :
		25.09.2006
		charges :
		Crimes against humanity Genocide War crimes
		profile last modified :
		06.10.2008

	Aucun témoin ne doit survivre : Le génocide au Rwanda Alison Des Forges et al.

	Kein Zeuge darf überleben Alison Des Forges et al.

	Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda Alison Des Forges et al.

	Aucun témoin ne doit survivre : Le génocide au Rwanda Alison Des Forges et al.

	Conspiracy to murder Linda Melvern

	Kein Zeuge darf überleben Alison Des Forges et al.

	Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda Alison Des Forges et al.

	Génocide, crimes de guerre et crimes contre l’humanité: la jurisprudence du TPIR Human Rights Watch (2004)

	Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity: Case Law of the ICTR Human Rights Watch (2004)

	Justice à Arusha De André-Michel Essoungou

	Le Tribunal des vaincus: Un Nuremberg pour le Rwanda? Thierry Cruvellier