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On 23 November, the CPCR filed un new complaint against a person suspected  of having participated in the Rwandan Tutsi genocide. This complaint concerns a person who lives and works in the city of LE HAVRE (France), Mr. Michel BAKUZAKUNDI. The testimonies collected by our association concern facts that allegedly occured in the city of Kigali, specifically in the neighborhood of Remera. Alain GAUTHIER, président du CPCR

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In commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the CPCR participate to a panel discussion the 14th of December at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Video presentation – short version: Long version: LIST OF SPEAKERS Opening Remarks: Government of Rwanda Representative , (To be determined). Mr Michael MOLLER, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr Adama DIENG, United Nations Secretary – General’s Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide (Video message) Moderator: Niccolò FIGÀ-TALAMANCA, Secretary General, No Peace Without Justice. Panelists: Dafroza GAUTHIER, …

By Jos van OIJEN Wolfgang Blam saved lives during the genocide in Rwanda, while the rest of the world looked the other way. This hero is now depicted as a charlatan by students of VU University in Amsterdam. Twenty-five years ago, the ‘Innocence’-project was launched in New York, set up to help the victims of miscarriages of justice in America. Since then, hundreds of wrongly convicted people have been released. This success led to similar initiatives in other countries. An example from the Netherlands is the student project ‘Reasonable Doubt’ at the Vrije Universiteit (VU University) in Amsterdam. The most …

The Public Prosecutor of the High Court of Paris has just published his “partial dismissal and indictement” in the case of Claude MUHAYIMANA, a personn suspected of having participated in the genocide ot Tutsi and against which the CPCR had lodged a complaint with civil party on 4 june 2013. Despite the partial non places requested, the Attorney General “demands that the investivating judge order the indictement of Claude MUHAYIMANA before the court of assizes of Paris”. However, we regret that Claude MUHAYIMANA is not prosecuted for crimes committed at the Kibuye church, Home Saint-Jean or the Gatwaro stadium. We …

Un article de Jos van Oijen que nous n’hésitons pas à diffuser. The arrest then release of Colonel Rusatira is often held up as an example of false accusations against genocide suspects. But a new look at the evidence raises the possibility that justice was not served but obstructed. Plaque Commemorating Kicukiro Technical Training Center, formerly the Ecole Technique Officielle (ETO), Kicukiro. Credit: Adam Jones. For the United Nations, the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda will always be remembered with shame as it failed to act and prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. But even within …

  United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review: Republic of France 29th Session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review 15 JANUARY 2018 Submission of THE Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda The Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda (‘CPCR’) is a non-governmental organisation located at 61 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 51100 Reims, France. (Contact details: Alain Gauthier, +33 (0) 6 40 57 09 44, cpcr@protonmail.com).i Established in 2001, CPCR’s main objective is to pursue those suspected of having participated in the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994 (‘Genocide’) and who reside on French …

Letter to Mr Emmanuel MACRON, President of France, on the 14 May 2017. Mr. President, You have just been elected to the Presidency, and this is why I, as the chairman of the CPCR (the Collective of Civil Parties for Rwanda) would like to address these few words to you. The association, created in 2001, aims to prosecute those living on French territory who are suspected of having participated in the Tutsis genocide in Rwanda in 1994. I do so on behalf of hundreds of thousands of victims whose cause we support. At the beginning of the election campaign, I …

Pascal SIMBIKANGWA is sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. This is what was requested by the Attorney General...

Hearing of Mr. Gasana NDOBA, consultant. Hearing of Mr. Augustin IYAMUREMYE, Secretary-General of the SCR from 1992 to 1994. Interrogation of SIMBIKANGWA.