Friday, 3 April 2009
2:00-7:00pm
Laico Umubano Hotel, Kigali
Hosted by the Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga
in association with
Oxford Transitional Justice Research,
the Law Faculty and Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford
This half-day symposium will commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide by recalling the events of 1994, the justice, security, reconciliation and development responses to the genocide, and will ask what the future holds for Rwanda. The symposium will draw insights from law, politics, international relations, economics and history.
The event will also serve as a launch of: After Genocide: Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond, edited by Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman and published by C. Hurst and Co. and Columbia University Press (2009). Details of the book can be found at: www.aftergenocide.com. Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Kigali Public Library project: www.kigalilibrary.org.
15 YEARS AFTER GENOCIDE: WHERE NOW FOR RWANDA?
2:00-2:15 Introduction
Welcome and Introduction
Rtn. Ambassador Zephyr Mutanguha, President, Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga
Opening Remarks
Hon. Dr. Alfred Ndahiro, Senior Advisor to H.E. President Paul Kagame, Government of Rwanda
2:15-3:30 Session 1 – Genocide History and Memory
Chair: Dr. Phil Clark, University of Oxford
Genocide Memory and Ideology
Mrs. Bernadette Kayirangwa, Senior Researcher, Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace
Genocide Denial and the Case of the Rassemblement Républicain pour la Démocratie au Rwanda (RDR)
Tom Ndahiro, researcher and journalist
Rwanda/France: After Bruguière, Where Now?
Andrew Wallis, University of Cambridge and author of Silent Accomplice: the Untold Story of France’s Role in the Rwandan Genocide
Audience Discussion
3:30-4:15 Session 2 – National Post-Genocide Justice and Governance
Chair: Zachary D. Kaufman, University of Oxford and Yale Law School
Judicial Responses to Impunity in Rwanda
Hon. Martin Ngoga, Prosecutor General, Government of Rwanda
Justice, Reconciliation and the Impact of Gacaca
Dr. Phil Clark, University of Oxford
Audience Discussion
4:15-4:30 Coffee Break
4:30-5:30 Session 3 – International Justice after Genocide
Chair: Dr. Phil Clark
The Establishment of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Zachary D. Kaufman, University of Oxford and Yale Law School
The Legacies of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Commander Alfred Kwende, Office of the Prosecutor, UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Audience Discussion
5:30-6:00 Session 4 – Launching After Genocide and Closing Remarks
Chair: Zachary D. Kaufman
Putting After Genocide in Context
Prof. Christine Stansell, University of Chicago
Closing Remarks
Rtn. Raj Rajendran, Past President and Kigali Public Library Committee Chair, Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga
6:00 – 7:00 Cocktail Reception