003/2014 Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza v Rwanda
AfCHPR Matter- Case Summary
- The Applicant, Ms. Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza, who is a Rwandan citizen, contends that when the genocide in Rwanda started in April 1994 she was in the Netherlands to further her university education in economics and business administration. However, upon her return to Rewanda (after seventeen years) to contribute to national development by forming a political party, she was remanded, placed under detention and charge with the crime of spreading the ideology of genocide, aiding and abetting terrorism, sectarianism and divisionism, undermining the internal security of a state, establishment of an armed branch of a rebel movement, and attempted recourse to terrorism, armed force and any form of violence to destabilize established authority and violate constitutional principles.
- Keywords
- Equality Before the Law
- Freedom of Expression / Digital Rights
- Genocide
- Sectarianism and Divisionism
- State Internal Security
- Terrorism
- Transitional Justice
- Withdrawal of Declaration under Article 34(6) - AfCHPR Protocol
- Country
- Rwanda
- ACHPR Rights Alleged to be Violated
- ACHPR 7: Right to Fair Trial
- ACHPR 9: Right to Receive Information and Free Expression
- ACHPR 15: Right to Work
- ACHPR 3: Right to Equality before the Law and Equal Protection of the Law
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- ACHPR Rights Violated
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 9.2: Right to Express and Disseminate Opinions Within the law
- ACHPR Rights Not Violated
- ACHPR 7.1: Right to be Heard
- ACHPR 7.1.c: Right to Defence
- ACHPR 7.2 : Legal Offense without Retrospection
- Outcome
- Decided on Merits
- Duration of Procedure
- Oct 3, 2015 ~ Mar 22, 2017
- Case Timeline
- Oct 3, 2015 ~ Nov 24, 2017
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: -1.940278
Longitude: 29.873888
- Country Geolocation (linked AfCHPR Matter)
- Rwanda
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