Facts
Emmanuel Nkunduwimye and Ernest Gakwaya were allegedly members of the Interahamwe militia, which was heavily implicated in the 1994 genocide. They allegedly participated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda by murdering and raping Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
Procedure
Nkunduwimye and Gakwaya were arrested in March 2011 in Brussels.
On 9 October 2019, the Criminal Court decided to sever the cases against Gakwaya and Nkunduwimye from the case against another accused, Fabien Neretsé, considering that there was no connection between the offenses.
The trial of Emmanuel Nkunduwimye started on 8 April 2024.
On 10 June 2024, a court in Brussels sentenced Emmanuel Nkunduwimye to 25 years imprisonment for murder and rape committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He was found guilty of war crimes and genocide for a series of murders as well as the rape of a Tutsi woman.