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The series contains audiovisual recordings of court proceedings in the Akayesu case (ICTR-96-4).

An audiovisual recording was made of each court hearing or other proceeding.

Recordings included protective measures, such as voice and/or face distortion, which were granted by a Chamber to protect the identity of a witness.

There were different versions of recordings:

• “Floor” recording: recording of what was spoken in the courtroom, in the language(s) in which it was spoken
• “English”: recording of what was spoken in the courtroom, with English interpretation of speech in language(s) other than English
• “French”: recording of what was spoken in the courtroom with French interpretation of speech in language(s) other than French
• “Kinyarwanda”: recording what was spoken in the courtroom with Kinyarwanda interpretation of speech in languages other than Kinyarwanda

For the Akayesu case, there are audiovisual recordings for:

• the pre-trial proceedings, 26 September 1996 – 29 November 1996, including the hearing under rule 40 bis, 26 September 1996
• the trial proceedings, 9 January 1997 – 2 October 1998, including the trial hearings, 9 January1997 – 26 March 1998, delivery of the trial judgement, 2 September 1998, and the sentencing hearing, 2 October 1998
• the appeal proceedings, 1 November 2000 – 1 June 2001, including appeal hearings, 1 – 2 November 2000 and the delivery of the appeal judgement, 1 June 2001