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.

Hearing of Mr. René DEGNI-SEGUI, UN Special Envoy to Rwanda in 1994 (videoconference) Hearing of Mr. Theophile GAKARA, former “major de la gendarmerie”, teacher in Belgium.

Hearing of Jean-François DUPAQUIER, for the civil parties. Hearing of colonel Michel ROBARDEY, in Rwanda from September 1990 to September 1993, witness for the defense. Hearing of Mrs FOLL and Mr. JACQUEMIN, policemen in Mayotte during Pascal SIMBIKANGWAs arrest.

Hearing of Mr. Johan SWINNEN, former Ambassador of Belgium to Rwanda from 1990 to 12 April 1994. Hearing of Linda MELVERN, investigative journalist, for the civil parties. Hearing of Esther MUJAWAYO, survivor, psychotherapist, for the civil parties.

A delegation from Kigali (AERG/GAERG) led by EGAM attends the morning hearing in support of the civil parties. Thank you all. Hearing of Pierre PÉAN, journalist/writer, for the defence. Hearing of Renaud GIRARD, journalist at the Figaro, professor at the IEP of Paris (Institute of Political Studies). Hearing of Mr. Philippe CEPPI, swiss journalist

Report from René DEGNI-SEGUIs, UN Special Envoy in Rwanda. Hearing of Gaspard MUSABYIMANA, writer/editor, researcher, for the defense.

Hearing of Mrs Hélène DUMAS, researcher at the CNRS

Hearing of Mr. Stéphane AUDOIN-ROUZEAU, study director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Hearing of Mr Jacques SEMELIN, research director at the CNRS and teacher at Sciences Po.

Hearing of Mr. André GUICHAOUA, background witness.

Examination of Mr SIMBIKANGWA Hearing of three medical experts