TWO MORE UPCOMING GENOCIDE TRIALS Laurent Bucyibaruta Context Pending proceedings in France against a Rwandan prefect for crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda Suspect Former Gikongoro prefect and head of the prefectural committee of the Interahamwe movement (the youth organization of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development – NRMD) Current status May 2000. He was released on 20 December 2000. Pending trial He was arrested again on 5 September 2007 and placed under judicial supervision after the issuance of an arrest warrant by the ICTR in August 2007. Facts Laurent Bucyibaruta, as prefect of Gikonrogo, allegedly delivered public speeches urging the Hutu population to attack and kill the Tutsis on many occasions between December 1993 and April 1994. He is also accused of having ordered massacres of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in various locations in the Gikongoro Prefecture. Laurent Bucyibaruta is also accused of having ordered the rape and murder of women and girls in various locations. Procedure before the International Country of residence Criminal Tribunal of suspect for Rwanda France Charges Genocide and crimes against humanity Developments in 2018 On 4 October 2018, the prosecutor issued its final submission (requisitions) requesting that Laurent Bucyibaruta be sent to criminal trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. On 24 December 2018, an investigative judge referred the case to the Paris Criminal Trial Court (Cour d’Assises de Paris) for complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity. Laurent Bucyibaruta will be judged for his alleged complicity in massive and systematic executions of civilians. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) indicted Laurent Bucyibaruta on 16 June 2005 for incitement to genocide, genocide, and complicity in genocide, as well as crimes against humanity, including extermination, murder, and rape. In August 2007, the ICTR issued an arrest warrant requesting that the French government detain him. Finally, on 20 November 2007, the ICTR referred the case to the French authorities. Procedure in France On 5 January 2000, the FIDH and its member organization in France, the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme (LDH), lodged a complaint against Laurent Bucyibaruta for his alleged participation in the genocide of 1994. The Office of the Prosecutor of Troyes questioned and detained him on 30 39 On 9 May 2017, the investigating judge within the Paris High Court informed the parties that he had completed his investigation. On 4 October 2018, the prosecutor issued its final submission (requisitions), requesting that Bucyibaruta be sent to criminal trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Read more about the case Sosthène Munyemana Context Pending proceedings in France for serious international crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda Suspect Gynecologist at the University Hospital of Butare Country of residence of suspect France Charges Genocide and crime against humanity