Prosecuting Rwanda's genocide around the world

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Belgium has held five trials related to Rwanda's 1994 genocide, with other countries and a special court also convicting people on charges related to the slaughter of around 800,000 people.

After a Belgian court found former senior Rwandan government official Fabien Neretse guilty of genocide on Thursday, here is a recap of other cases.

- Belgium -

Rwanda's ex colonial power has already convicted eight people for crimes related to the killings, although Neretse was the first to be explicitly charged with "genocide".

Belgium is among several countries with legislation allowing prosecutions of its residents -- whatever their nationality -- for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity wherever they took place.

In 2001 a Brussels court sentenced four Rwandans, including two Catholic nuns, to 12-20 years in prison for "serious violations of international humanitarian rights" for providing the means for the killings or failing to intervene.

In 2005 two Rwandan businessmen were sentenced to 10-12 years in jail for war crimes and murder.

In 2007 a former Rwandan army major was convicted of "premeditated homicide" for his role in several killings, including of 10 Belgian peacekeepers who were protecting the prime minister. He was jailed for 20 years.

In 2009 a Brussels court sentenced a Rwandan ex-bank director, dubbed the "genocide banker", to 30 years in prison for murders and rapes during the bloodbath.

- Tanzania tribunal -

The first trials were at the specially formed UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) established in November 1994 in Tanzania's northern city of Arusha.

In September 1998 it became the first international tribunals to hand down a conviction for genocide, finding a former town mayor guilty of inciting the massacre of more than 2,000 Tutsis.

The court issued dozens of rulings, from life sentences to acquittals, before closing in late 2015.

A follow-up "residual mechanism" is wrapping up its work, including witness protection and tracking fugitives.

- Rwanda -

Rwanda started trying genocide suspects in 1996 and on a single day in April 1998 had 22 executed by firing squad.

It abolished the death penalty in 2007, lifting the main obstacle for the ICTR to transfer genocide suspects to the Rwandan judiciary for trial.

Between 2005 and 2012, more than 12,000 "gacaca" grassroots courts put nearly two million people on trial and convicted 65 percent, sending most to prison.

- Other countries -

- France: In 2016 a Paris court sentenced two former Rwandan village mayors to life in prison for taking part in the genocide.

An ex-presidential guard member was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2014.

- Germany: A former mayor was sentenced in 2015 to life in prison for his role in a church massacre.

- Sweden: Three Swedes of Rwandan origin have been sentenced since 2014 to life in prison for taking part in the genocide.

- Norway: In 2013 an Oslo court sentenced a Rwandan to 21 years in prison for his role in the massacres of more than 1,000 Tutsis.

- United States: In 2013 an American of Rwandan origin was sentenced to 10 years and stripped of her nationality for having attempted to cover up her role in the genocide.

- Netherlands: In 2013 a Dutch court jailed a Dutch-Rwandan for six years and eight months for inciting genocide.

A Dutch appeals court in 2011 sentenced a Rwandan citizen to life in prison for war crimes.

- Finland: In 2010 a Finnish court handed a Rwandan Baptist pastor a life sentence.

- Canada: In 2009 a Rwandan militia leader was sentenced to life in prison.

- Switzerland: In 2000 a former mayor was sentenced on appeal to 14 years for war crimes.