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 »
Category: Survivors’ Rights
COVID-19 Emergency Response Project (CERP)
First, we would like to thank all those that contributed to our our COVID-19 Emergency Appeal. We raised over £1,500 from supporters which we were able to use towards providing hardship and nutritional assistance for the most vulnerable households. So … Continue Reading »
The 26th Anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi
We publish here an extract from a thought piece by Noam Schimmel on the Commemoration of the 26th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda Survivors in Rwanda still need safe housing, they still need legal support, they … Continue Reading »
AVEGA at 25
By Hudson Kuteesa, The New Times The First Lady, Mrs. Jeannette Kagame on Sunday, February 23, told men and women that were widowed as a result of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that their lives are an example of resilience … Continue Reading »
EVWEP funded by UK Aid Direct
Survivors Fund (SURF), in partnership with AVEGA Agahozo, have been awarded a grant of £249,613 for a 30-month project from UK Aid Direct, the challenge fund of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) supporting civil society organisations to achieve … Continue Reading »
Legal Aid Forum Project
Earlier this year, Survivors Fund (SURF) and our partner AERG secured a grant of around Frw 40 million (£35,000) from the Legal And Civil Society Fund, a programme of the Rwanda Legal Aid Forum funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy. … Continue Reading »
Women Genocide Survivors Retreat
Many women survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda still struggle greatly with on-going trauma and more. Building on the successes of the 2017 and 2018 retreats, Liliane Pari Umuhoza (learn more about her below) is again … 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 »
78% of Genocide convicts still unrepentant
By Jean d’Amour Mbonyinshuti, The New Times Despite efforts by Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS) and partners, most people who took part in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are yet to show remorse and apologise. This was revealed Thursday by RCS … Continue Reading »