Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
For 30 years, journalist and writer Jean Hatzfeld has returned tirelessly to Rwanda, specifically to the Nyamata region, to engage in profound conversations with Survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi. His commitment to understanding the unimaginable trauma faced by survivors has fueled … Continue Reading »
Further to the publication of the new Strategic Plan of Survivors Fund (SURF) for 2024 to 2028, we will be publishing several posts to provide more context of our work – and implications for the the survivors of the genocide … Continue Reading »
From AFP, 10th December 2023 KIGALI — On Sunday, IBUKA voiced anger that Laurent Bucyibaruta, a former official convicted of complicity in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, who died this week “without facing the full force of justice”. … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2022/23, we outline here our work on our Legal and Counselling Helpline. The Legal and Counselling Helpline (Helpline) was established in August 2013 as a partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and … Continue Reading »
Fight against impunity not Rwanda’s task alone – Amb Gatete James Karuhanga, The New Times, 12th June 2023 Justice for the victims and survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda is not merely about prosecution; it is … Continue Reading »
From Peace Review Under the guest editorship of Dr. Noam Schimmel, Lecturer in International and Area Studies, UC, Berkeley, and Jacqueline Murekatete, Genocide Survivors Foundation Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice invites essays for a special issue on Special Issue on … Continue Reading »
In a new paper in Peace Review, Noam Schimmel interviews Jacqueline Murekatete of Survivors Fund (SURF) partner organisation, Genocide Survivors Foundation, on “A Critical Perspective on Reconciliation in Rwanda: Toward Peace and Coexistence, Centering Genocide Survivors’ Human Rights, Dignity & … Continue Reading »
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2021/22, we outline here our work on our Legal and Counselling Helpline. The Legal and Counselling Helpline (Helpline) was established in August 2013 as a partnership between Survivors Fund (SURF) and … Continue Reading »
By Alice Kagina, The New Times The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) could have done better to protect and support and offer protection to witnesses in court cases following the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, experts have said. This was … Continue Reading »
A guest post by Dr. Wolfgang Reinhardt of Iriba Shalom International It is scandalous, that the majority of the international press has been giving a misleading and naïve reporting of the trial and verdict against the so-called “hero” of the … Continue Reading »