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Rwanda
Vénuste N. [CASE DISMISSED]
Type of liability
Personne physique
Alleged perpetrator(s)
Vénuste N.
Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
French-Rwandan
Legal classification of crime(s)
Genocide
Source of the complaint
NGO
Ongoing proceedings
non
Regime
1 - TPIY/TPIR
4 - 113 CP
Summary of facts
Vénuste N. is allegedly involved in the execution of employees of SOS Villages Enfants in the prefecture of Gikongoro and of around fifteen Tutsi orphans in an orphanage he ran during the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994.
Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.
Legal proceedings
<p>September 14, 1998: Vénuste N. is granted asylum.<br />
December 15, 2004: Vénuste N. obtains French nationality.<br />
May 22, 2011: The CPCR files a complaint with civil party application.<br />
October 10, 2011: Rwanda issues an international arrest warrant against Vénuste N.<br />
January 10, 2012: A judicial investigation is opened in France.<br />
April 3, 2012: He is arrested in Vaires-sur-Marne.<br />
December 19, 2012: France refuses his extradition to Rwanda.<br />
December 24, 2013: He is indicted and placed under judicial supervision.<br />
April 2018: The judicial investigation is closed.<br />
June 9, 2022: A dismissal order is issued.</p>
December 15, 2004: Vénuste N. obtains French nationality.<br />
May 22, 2011: The CPCR files a complaint with civil party application.<br />
October 10, 2011: Rwanda issues an international arrest warrant against Vénuste N.<br />
January 10, 2012: A judicial investigation is opened in France.<br />
April 3, 2012: He is arrested in Vaires-sur-Marne.<br />
December 19, 2012: France refuses his extradition to Rwanda.<br />
December 24, 2013: He is indicted and placed under judicial supervision.<br />
April 2018: The judicial investigation is closed.<br />
June 9, 2022: A dismissal order is issued.</p>
Complaint
non
Names of NGOs / Victim(s)
CPCR
Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)
Law No. 96-432 of May 22, 1996
113-6 PC
113-6 PC
Court of Assizes judgment
n/a
Court of Appeal ruling
n/a
Court of Cassation ruling
n/a
Sources
Le Figaro, "Génocide au Rwanda : non-lieu pour Vénuste Nyombayire", 2022