Duclert

Yesterday in Kigali, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's "responsibility" in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but made no apology. So, some are happy, others are disappointed. But what does Vincent Duclert think, the author of the report that came out two months ago and which greatly inspired the speech that the French president gave yesterday. He answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.…

The Duclert Commission's report was officially handed over to President Paul Kagame on Friday, April 9 by Vincent Duclert himself. The text concludes that France has a heavy and overwhelming responsibility in the genocide of Tutsi, but excludes the idea of ​​complicity in the genocide. The French historian assured that he came as an independent researcher with no official assignment other than to…

"A vital step and a sign for change": that is the primary response of the Rwandan President to the publication of the Duclert report on France's function within the Tutsi genocide. Paul Kagame spoke on Wednesday, April 7, on the event of the start of the twenty seventh anniversary of the Kigali genocide. Anniversary that takes place like final 12 months in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. In Kigali, subsequently, the ceremonies are held in small teams and broadcast on tv. President Paul Kagame spoke first in…

April 7 marks the start of the celebration of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. This 12 months is the twenty seventh anniversary of the massacres. Particular anniversary in France: Twelve days in the past, the Ducler Fee issued Emmanuel Macron its report on the function of France throughout and earlier than the genocide. If the Fee excludes complicity in genocide, it considers France to bear "heavy and overwhelming accountability" on this tragedy. This report marks a very important step within the normalization of…

The nearly 1,200-page report from the Ducler Commission was officially handed over to Emmanuel Macron on Friday. Two years ago, the French president instructed about fifteen historians, gathered in a commission led by historian Vincent Duclert, to examine "the French archives relating to Rwanda and the genocide of the Tutsis" between 1990 and 1994. It stated the goal of establishing France's role in the Rwandan genocide seems to have been achieved. France bears "heavy and overwhelming responsibility" in the events…