Désiré Munyaneza (born 1966) is a Rwandan convicted war criminal imprisoned in Canada.
Munyaneza was the first person to be arrested under that law, which was passed to give formal recognition to Canada's obligations to the International Criminal Court.
[2][3] Munyaneza's trial began in March 2007 with the testimony of a woman, identified only as witness C-15, who stated that she had pretended to be dead for three days and smeared her sister's blood on her body to hide from Interahamwe gangs.
[11][12] Canadian law stated that Munyaneza's criminal activities were the "worst in existence".
[8] Emmanuel Muhawenimena, who said he lost 70 family members in the genocide, said "So many Rwandans in Montreal, across Canada, all over the world, they are happy today.