Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Efforts are constantly being made in that sense in Rwanda. After the genocide and considering the extremely high number of murderers, the well-known Gacaca courts were created. It is a very interesting exercise because the judgment was made on a hill. Murderers were accusing oth

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Clearly, reconciliation is difficult because genocide is the culmination of an entire process. Since the 1960s, a number of events have taken place. The Tutsis have been progressively massacred. Just think of 1959, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1973 and the 1990-1992 period. I am also referr

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Benskin. There is a lot of work to do. It is difficult, because as I was describing earlier, many of the mothers did not give testimony of what happened exactly, which is why the statistics are mixed. However, once we know, what can we do? First, even before we g

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Okay. In closing, I will refer to the testimony of a 19-year-old named David. If you ask him about his father, he would rather not answer, just like all those children. David did not know his father. He says that his mother had fair skin. He has darker skin and would like to kno

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good afternoon. My name is Jacques Rwirangira. First, I would like to thank the Subcommittee on International Human Rights for giving us a voice on the matter and for the opportunity to contribute to this fine initiative. I am the vice-president of Page-Rwanda, an association o