I.
1.
Subject of the Application
The Court received, on 3 October 2014, an Application by lngabire Victoire
Umuhoza, (hereinafter referred to as "the Applicant"), instituting proceedings
against the Republic of Rwanda (hereinafter referred to as "the Respondent").
2.
The Applicant is a Rwandan citizen and leader of the opposition party Forces
Democratiques Unifiees, (FDU lnkingi).
3.
The Application is brought against the Attorney General of the Republic of
Rwanda as the representative of the Respondent.
4.
The Applicant prays the Court for the following orders and remedies;
i)
Find violations of Articles 1, 7, 10 and 11, 18 and 19 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights; Articles 7, 3, 9 and 15 of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as "the
Charter"); and Articles 7, 14, 15, 18 and 19 of the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights.
ii) Repeal, with retroactive effect, sections 116 and 463 of Organic Law W
01/2012 of 2 May 2012, relating to the Penal Code, as well as that of Law
No 84/2013 of 28 October 2013, relating to the punishment of the crimes
of the ideology of the Genocide;
iii) Review of the Case;
iv) Annul all the decisions that had been taken since the preliminary
investigation up till the pronouncement of the last judgment;
v) Release on parole; and
vi) Grant her costs and reparations.
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