Nduhungirehe was speaking yesterday in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi commemoration event that brought together members of diplomatic corps in Kigali.
The event was organized under the theme, ‘The contribution of the International Community in Peace building, Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Genocide Rwanda’
Nduhungirehe called upon diplomatic corps to help in revealing the truth including archives about the genocide against the Tutsi different governments keep.
“The truth would help to continue to remember the genocide and to prevent the future generations from falling back in such errors,” he said.
He called upon advocacy from members of the diplomatic corps so that countries shielding genocide suspects would arrest them and face justice.
“We hope that you have visited different genocide memorials around the country and have discussed with genocide survivors and learnt its effects. We hope advocacy from you,” he said.
He called upon international communities to act on Theodor Meron and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)’s early release of genocide convicts.
“We call upon the states and international organisations you are representing to step up efforts in stopping the decisions by Theodor Meron which encourage impunity than good justice. Early release of genocide masterminds is abusing international justice,” he said.
Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary of National Commission for the Fight Against the Genocide (CNLG), Jean Damascène Bizimana said that international organisations failed to act against the genocide as proven by different documents of before and after the genocide.
In his remarks, the Dean of Diplomatic Corps and South African High Commissioner to Rwanda George Nkosinati Twala requested foreign envoys to join hand with Rwandans in fighting the genocide ideology.
“The time for breaking the silence has come. The culture of impunity will not continue unchallenged,” he said.
He said that countries should stand against the deniers and trivializers of the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi.
“We should arrest and extradite to Rwanda genocide suspects, it is worthwhile that some countries have started to act on it,” he said.
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