Equality of penalties: A challenge for the ICTR and national jurisdictions

This book deals with the problem of conflicting sentences applied by the ICTR and Rwandan courts in the face of the principle of equal punishment.Indeed, the backbone of any system for protecting individuals lies in the principle of equality and the resulting non-discrimination.There are two ways of protecting individuals. The first is to establish specific rights and guarantees for them. The second is, at most, to ensure that all individuals are treated in the same way, once they are in identical conditions. In the case of the perpetrators of the genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda in 1994, the adoption of legislation, whether domestic or international, creates a kind of discrimination. This book highlights the inequalities in the sentences handed down by the ICTR and Rwandan courts.

Pagina's: 104, Paperback, Our Knowledge Publishing