Nyiramasuhuko is the only woman to be tried by the U.N.-backed court for Rwanda . She was minister for family and women 's affairs at the time of the mass killings . A Roman Catholic nun was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a traditional Rwandan court in 2006 for her part in the killings . Five other officials , including her husband , are guilty of genocide and other crimes . Some 800,000 people , mainly ethnic Tutsis , died in the genocide .
Nyiramasuhuko is the only woman to be tried by the U.N.-backed court for Rwanda . She was minister for family and women 's affairs at the time of the mass killings . Five other officials , including her husband , are guilty of genocide and other crimes . Some 800,000 people , mainly ethnic Tutsis , died in the genocide .