During an event organised by Health Development Initiative concerning human rights, gender-based violence and HIV, residents in Bugesera District, Rwanda said the education programmes that are part of a campaign to prevent gender-based violence have helped to reduce violence within families.
The ICTR found Édouard Karemera and Mathieu Ngirumpatse criminally responsible for rapes and sexual assaults committed on a large scale against Tutsi women and girls by members of the Interahamwe, other militiamen and members of the Civilian Defence Program. Both were convicted under the “extended form” of joint criminal enterprise liability, which permits the tribunal to hold perpetrators accountable for crimes that were the natural and foreseeable consequences of the intended crimes.
Over the holidays, Anne-Marie and her partner Freek made a trip to Rwanda to celebrate her good friend’s marriage. While they were there, they had the opportunity to visit Solace Ministries, and reconnect with many of the people who helped make “The Men Who Killed Me” happen, including some of the women featured in the book.
After a visit to the Gisozi Genocide Memorial Centre, a mass grave in the city of Kigali, Rwanda, Governor General Michaëlle Jean apologized to Rwandan leaders for Canada’s “inaction” during the 1994 genocide in the African country.
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