Handling of survivors of rape as a crime against humanity, the gender perspective in the Rwandan genocide tribunal : Some lessons from the Muhimana case
This essay finds its departure in the preparatory work in the Muhimana case1zeroing on the interaction with respective witnesses who subsequently testified in the case. The accused, Muhimana committed exclusive and disproportionate crimes against women and girls in Kibuye during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. As the prosecutor rightly put it, his ‘hallmark’ was rape and […]