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Kwibuka International Conference

The 30th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi (Kwibuka30), presents an opportunity to hear from and pay tribute to the professionals and activists who made important contributions to preserving memory, healing trauma, delivering justice, and ensuring historical clarity.

These Rwandan and international authors, journalists, lawyers, and activists will discuss their experiences, their engagements in the post-genocide era, and their work with Rwandans whose voices they have helped to carry to
the world.

WELCOME/INTRODUCTION

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Dr Jean-Damascène Bizimana

Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement

DUTY OF JUSTICE AND PROTECTION OF TRUTH

Exchange between legal professionals and citizens who worked
for justice at both international and local levels. From the ICTR
to Gacaca courts, from public awareness campaigns against impunity.

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Dr. Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips ​

International lawyer, Former Lead International Prosecutor, and Head of Special Investigations at the United Nations

Domitilla Mukantaganzwa

Rwanda Law Reform Commission (RLRC) Chairperson and Former Executive Secretary / Former Executive Secretary for National Gacaca Jurisdiction

Eric Gillet

Lawyer at the Brussels Bar and Former Member of the Executive Board of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues)

Karine Bourdié

Lawyer at the Paris Bar and Co-President of the Association des Avocats Pénalistes en
France. Member of the Legal team of the Survie association

Michèle Hirsch

Lawyer specializing in domestic and International criminal law. Counsel for Victims of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and War Crimes.

BOOK LAUNCH

AVEGA collective book,
Written by AVEGA Founding Members, Daniel Le Scornet.

12:30 PM - 13:30 PM

HISTORICAL CLARITY & FIGHTING DENIAL THROUGH WRITING

Exchange between journalists and writers who have braved isolation and opposition to tell the story of the Genocide against the Tutsi.

15:00 PM - 17:00 PM

Andrew Wallis

Academic, Author, and Journalist

Boubacar Boris Diop

Novelist, Journalist and Screenwriter

Dele Olojede

Founder and Host of Africa in the World. Writer, Publisher, and Editor.

Jean François Dupaquier

Journalist, and Campaigner against
Genocide Denial.

Yolande Mukagasana

Survivor, Writer and Campaigner
for the Remembrance of the 1994
Genocide against the Tutsi.

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