The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ("ICTR"), composed of Judge Fausto Pocar, Presiding, Judge Liu Daqun, Judge Carmel Agius, Judge Khalida Rachid Khan, and Judge Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, will hear the appeals in the Nyiramasuhuko et. al. (“Butare”) case beginning on Tuesday 14 March 2015 at the ICTR headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The Hearings will be held in ICTR Courtroom 1 on the fourth floor of the Kilimanjaro Wing of the Arusha International Conference Centre ("AICC"). The schedule for the appeals hearings is as follows:
 

Tuesday, 14 April 2015

9:30-9:45 Introductory Statement by the Presiding Judge (15 minutes)

Appeal of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko

9:45-10:45 Submissions of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (1 hour)

10:45-11:00 Pause (15 minutes)

11:00-12:00 Continued submissions of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (1 hour)

12:00-13:30 Pause (1 hour and 30 minutes)

13:30-14:30 Response of the Prosecution (1 hour)

14:30-14:40 Pause (10 minutes)

14:40-15:40 Continued response of the Prosecution (1 hour)
 

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

9:00-10:00 Reply of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (1 hour)

10:15-10:45 Pause (30 minutes)

Appeal of Arsène Shalom Ntahobali

10:45 -12: 15 Submissions of Arsène Shalom Ntahobali (l hour and 30 minutes)

12:15-13:45 Pause (1 hour and 30 minutes)

13:45-14:45 Continued submissions of Arsène Shalom Ntahobali (1 hour)

14:45 -15:00 Pause (15 minutes)

14:45 -16:30 Response of the Prosecution (l hour and 30 minutes)
 

Thursday, 16 April 2015

9:00-10:00 Continued response of the Prosecution (1 hour)

10:00-10:15 Pause (15 minutes)

10:15-11:30 Reply of Arsène Shalom Ntahobali (l hour and 15 minutes)

11:30-13:30 Pause (2 hours)

Appeal of Sylvain Nsabimana

13:30-14:30 Submissions of Sylvain Nsabimana (l hour)

14:30-14:45 Pause (15 minutes)

14:45-15:45 Response of the Prosecution (1 hour)

15:45-16:00 Pause (15 minutes)

16:00-16:30 Reply of Sylvain Nsabimana (30 minutes)
 

Friday, 17 April 2015

Appeal of Alphonse Nteziryayo

9:00-10: 15 Submissions of Alphonse Nteziryayo (1 hour and 15 minutes)

10:15-10:30 Pause (15 minutes)

10:30-11:45 Response of the Prosecution (1 hour and 15 minutes)

11:45-12:00 Pause (15 minutes)

12:00-12:40 Reply of Alphonse Nteziryayo (40 minutes)
 

Monday, 20 April 2015

Appeal of Joseph Kanyabashi

9:00-10:30 Submissions of Joseph Kanyabashi (1 hour and 30 minutes)

10:30-10:45 Pause (15 minutes)

10:45-12: 15 Response of the Prosecution (1 hour and 30 minutes)

12:15-12:30 Pause (15 minutes)

12:30-13:15 Reply of Joseph Kanyabashi (45 minutes)
 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Appeal of Élie Ndayambaje

9:00-10:00 Submissions of Élie Ndayambaje (1 hour)

10:0 -10:15 Pause (15 minutes)

10:15-11:15 Continued submissions of Élie Ndayambaje (1 hour)  

11:15-12:00 Response of the Prosecution (45 minutes)

12:00-14:00 Pause (2 hours)

14:00-15:15 Continued response of the Prosecution (1 hour and 15 minutes)

15:15-15:30 Pause (15 minutes)

15:30-16:30 Reply of Élie Ndayambaje (1 hour)
 

Wednesday. 22 April 2015

Appeal of the Prosecution

9:00-9:30 Submissions of the Prosecution (30 minutes)

9:30-10:30 Response and supplementary submissions of Joseph Kanyabashi (1 hour)

10:30-10:45 Pause (15 minutes)

10:45-11: 15 Reply of the Prosecution (30 minutes)

11:15-11:25 Optional personal address by Pauline Nyiramasuhuko (10 minutes)

11:25-11:35 Optional personal address by Arsène Shalom Ntahobali (10 minutes)

11:35-11:45 Optional personal address by Sylvain Nsabimana (10 minutes)

11:45-11:55 Optional personal address by Alphonse Nteziryayo (10 minutes)

11:55-12:05 Optional personal address by Joseph Kanyabashi (10 minutes)

12:05-12:15 Optional personal address by Élie Ndayambaje (10 minutes)