The President of IBUKA, Dr. Philbert Gakwenzire, has highlighted the organization’s pivotal role in supporting survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and contributing to Rwanda’s recovery over the past three decades.

A former United Nations peacekeeper, Gen. Aboubacar Faye, has detailed how early warnings of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi were dismissed, despite clear evidence that mass killings were being planned.

The Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda, Soraya Hakuziyaremye, has extended condolences to families of former staff killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, noting that the pain of their loss remains deeply felt decades later.

Rwandan Law No. 59/2018 of August 22, 2018, on genocide ideology and related crimes defines acts that constitute these offenses and their penalties. Citizens are urged to be aware of these laws, especially during the annual commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Chaloka Beyani, said the international community turned a blind eye to clear warnings and failed to act during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Rwanda’s Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana, has urged the international community to end what he described as silence and inaction over the continued spread of genocide ideology associated with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the armed group FDLR.