Démocratie

identification of the perpetrators of genocide, with a
shared purpose of ensuring that the perpetrators of
genocide are brought before justice.
Below is a concrete testimony of a member of Ibuka
and a survivor of genocide on how her rights are exercised:
of Rwoga Sector. Meanwhile she had claimed for
the refund of the property destructed, which would
be examined during the appeal session.
With regard to security of the survivors of genocide,
she affirmed that there are no security threats
on her part and yet she has been appearing before
Gacaca court as a party to the case.
P. Adamantidis
Parquet général de Kigali
“A woman survivor aged 45 formerly resided in
Karambi sector, Masango commune; former Gitarama
Prefecture, Southern Province, submitted a
case before Gacaca court in Karambi, Ruhango district
accusing a former Agronomist of the Commune
to have murdered her husband. Upon the court proceedings,
the accused has been sentenced to 14
years of imprisonment but had already served 12
years in prison. He was eventually released and will
serve the remaining 2 years in TIG (3).
However, the plaintiff was not satisfied by the
outcome of the judgement rendered and she later
filed an appeal before the Gacaca Court of Appeal
In addition to this, AVEGA-Agahozo (Association de
Veuves de Génocide), another civil society organisation
working on the rights of survivors of genocide,
women in particular, recently organised a training
on trauma healing. She concluded that the skills
acquired from the training will benefit the victims
having such problems.(4) . ”
As a NGO working in the justice sector, RCN Justice &
Démocratie currently supports the itinerant trials of the
suspects of genocide crimes: these contribute to an improved
proximity of justice in terms of space and consciousness
for the victims and the witnesses who there-
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