In the lead up to the publication of the new Strategic Plan of Survivors Fund (SURF) for 2021 to 2023, we will be publishing several posts to provide more context of our work – and implications for the the survivors … Continue Reading »
Category: Justice
The Responsibilities of NGOs
A new book by Noam Schimmel, Advancing International Human Rights Law Responsibilities of Development NGOs: Respecting and Fulfilling the Right to Reparative Justice for Genocide Survivors in Rwanda published by Palgrave Macmillan this month explores the potential responsibilities to respect, … Continue Reading »
Reparations for Victims
Reparations for victims matter as much as Kabuga’s trial Prosecutions contribute to history and truth but shouldn’t be allowed to again overshadow compensation for Rwanda’s victims. by Allan Ngari, ISS Africa The arrest on 16 May of Félicien Kabuga, alleged … Continue Reading »
Black Lives Matter
Rwandan history and the testimonies of the Foundation Rwanda mothers show us that systemic racism and violence are not new. Our hearts go out to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Tony McDade, Dion Johnson … Continue Reading »
Jus Cogens
The designation “Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi” has become “Jus Cogens” of international law By Gatete Nyiringabo Ruhumuliza, The New Times On Monday 20th April 2020 at 5:01pm, the United Nations adopted a resolution 74/273, recognising April 7 as the … Continue Reading »
Iseta – Behind the Roadblock
During April 1994, on quiet road in Kigali a group of neighbors in Rwanda were filmed. This was the opening days of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and even though almost one million people were slaughtered, remarkably there … Continue Reading »
The Arrest of Félicien Kabuga
Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide survivors happy with arrest From BBC News Online Rwandan genocide survivor groups have welcomed the arrest in France of one of the most wanted men accused of being behind the mass killings. Félicien Kabuga, 84, was … Continue Reading »
Justice
CNLG shines spotlight on Genocide convicts who have evaded justice By Emmanuel Ntirenganya, The New TimesOriginally Published on 17th December 2019 Some people who were convicted of Genocide crimes by Gacaca courts have been on the run in an attempt … Continue Reading »
Needed: Projects for 8,000 genocide convicts set for release soon
By JOHNSON KANAMUGIRE, Rwanda Today The government faces a tough task of integrating back to society the increasing number of genocide convicts who are set to complete their sentence terms soon. As the country commemorates 25 years after the 1994 … Continue Reading »
A call for prior sensitisation on release of Genocide convicts
By Kelly Rwamapera, The New Times With Genocide convicts increasingly completing their sentences, and subsequently set free, there is need for greater sensitisation of the general public, especially survivors, on how to relate with freed convicts once the latter have arrived … Continue Reading »