Outreach Programme on the 1994 Genocide against
the Tutsi in Rwanda and the United Nations

Damas Gisimba

Lessons from a hero, a Hutu who chose not to take part in the killing of Tutsis, but instead saved lives.
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UN System

• Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
• Office of the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect
• The Human Rights up Front (HRuF) initiative
• UN Women: Women, War and Peace
• Millennium Development Goals in Rwanda (UNDP)
• UNESCO
• UNDP Rwanda
• UNICEF Rwanda

International Courts

• The ICTR Remembers
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
• Judicial archives of the ICTR and audio archives
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals
• The ICTR Remembers - 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

Other

• Press Release: The Secretary-General welcomes the launch of the inter-agency Atrocities Prevention Board by the United States PDF
• UN News: UN Special Adviser welcomes start of trial against top Rwanda genocide suspect
• UNESCO: Critical thinking and learning about the past are key to preventing future genocides
• In Rwanda men work to change attitudes and confront gender-based violence
• Hirondelle News Agency External link - In English, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili.
  The Hirondelle News Agency in Arusha (Tanzania) has covered all major judiciary events related to the 1994 Rwandan genocide since 1996, mainly the proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), but also the Gacaca tribunals and the trials conducted according to classic justice procedures in Rwanda.
• Internews External link - covers the trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and local genocide trials in Rwanda itself.