Pauline Nyiramasuhuko
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko | |
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| Born | 1 April 1946 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party | National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development |
| Children | Arsene Shalom Ntahobari (son) |
| Conviction | Crime against humanity |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment reduced to 47 years on appeal |
Date apprehended | 1997 |
| Part of a series on the |
| Rwandan genocide |
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Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (born 1 April 1946) is a Rwandan politician who was the Minister for Family Welfare and the Advancement of Women. She was convicted of having incited troops and militia to carry out rape during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. She was tried for genocide and incitement to rape as part of the "Butare Group" at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania. In June 2011, she was convicted of seven charges and sentenced to life imprisonment. Nyiramasuhuko is the first woman to be convicted of genocide by the ICTR, and the first woman to be convicted of genocidal rape.