Jean-Marie Vianney N.

Type of liability
Personne physique

Alleged perpetrator(s)
Jean-Marie Vianney N.

Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
French-Rwandan

Legal classification of crime(s)
Complicity in genocide
Complicity in crimes against humanity

Source of the complaint
Public Prosecutor's Office

Ongoing proceedings
oui

Regime
1 - TPIR / TPIY
4 - 113 CP

Summary of facts

Jean-Marie Vianney N. allegedly distributed weapons that were used in the massacre of nearly 2,000 Tutsis who had taken refuge in a church in Nyange, in the Kibuye region, in April 1994.

Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.

Legal proceedings

<p>1997: Jean-Marie Vianney N. arrives in France. OFPRA, which suspected him of having played a role in the genocide, refuses him asylum. He appeals. The Refugee Appeals Board (former name of the CNDA) grants him refugee status.<br />
In 2004: he obtains French nationality.<br />
Late 2023: the PNAT opens a preliminary investigation for “complicity in genocide” and “complicity in crimes against humanity,” entrusted to the OCLCH</p>

Complaint

non

Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)

Law No. 96-432 of May 22, 1996
113-6 PC

Sources

CPCR, « Rwanda : Le CPCR se constitue partie civile dans de nouveaux dossiers », 2021