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 | |  | | Jean-Paul Akayesu | | | context : | Rwanda  | | judgement place : | ICTR (Rwanda) | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Sentenced to life long imprisonment | | position : | Mayor of Taba |
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| | | | The main interesting aspect of this case is the recognition of the crime of rape as a form of genocide. The judgment also contributed to making the legal definition of rape more precise.
The definition of genocide according to the Genocide Convention 1948 was applied for the first time by an international tribunal in the Akayesu case. The ICTR recognised that rape and sexual violence can amount to genocide when they are committed with the intention of destroying or partly destroying a particular group.
The ICTR defined rape as “every act of physical penetration of a sexual nature which is inflicted on another person under duress”. The tribunal considered that sexual violence, including rape, need not necessarily manifest itself through a demonstration of physical force. “Threat, intimidation, blackmail and other forms of violence which exploit fear or confusion can be characteristic of duress”. | |    | |  |  | | last time seen : | | | Mali (Bamako prison) | | | period of charges : | | | 09.04.1994 - 06.1994 | | | judgement period : | | | 09.01.1997 - 01.06.2001 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
Genocide | | | profile last modified : | | | 28.04.2006 |
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