Hutu Genocide: UN Working with DRC Government to Set Up Judicial System

UN AND DRC GOVERNMENT TO SET UP A JUDICIAL SYSTEM TO TRY RWANDAN LEADER AND ARMY FOR GENOCIDE AGAINST RWANDAN AND CONGOLESE HUTU

HUTU GENOCIDE: UN WORKING WITH DRC GOVERNMENT TO SET UP JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Photo: Paul Kagame of Rwanda (accused of genocide) and Burundian president Nkurunziza. Burundian Tutsi army, before Nkurunziza’s presidency is also accused.

AfroAmerica Network has obtained a copy of the report by the United Nations Secretary General confirming that the United Nations and The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are working to set up a judicial system to try Rwandan Tutsi troops and leaders responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against Rwandan and  Congolese Hutus in DRC.

The process follows the publication on October 1, 2010 by United Nations High Commission for Human Rights  of  the “Mapping Report” accusing the Rwandan Tutsi Army led by General Paul Kagame of genocide against Hutu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (see our August 19, 2919 article: UN accuses Paul Kagame and his army of genocide and ourSeptember 29, 2010 article: UN Human Rights to Publish Report on Hutu Genocide).  In the report, details  were given on how the Rwandan Patriotic Army, controlled by extremists from the minority ethnic Tutsis,  allied with congolese rebels of the AFDL and the Burundian Tutsi Army (FAB), targeted and systematically massacred Rwandan Hutu refugees and Congolese Hutu, including women, elderly, and babies with the intent of exterminating them. The Rwandan Army specially targeted Hutu of masculine gender, including babies, killing them with machetes, metals, knives, hoes, and other instruments.  Both Rwandan Hutu refugees and Congolese Hutu nationals were targeted by setting up checkpoints to identify Hutus, based on their physical traits, from interrogations and torture.

The report specifically documented of the premeditated, systematic, precise methodological approach to exterminate Hutus, which constitutes genocide.

The UN Secretary General confirmed the following in his January 18, 2010 report

S/2011/20,  to the UN Security Council:

para 49. Following the issuance of the report on the mapping exercise documenting

serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

between 1993 and 2003, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights indicated in a

press release issued on 2 October that the Government of the Democratic Republic

of the Congo favoured establishing specialized chambers of a mixed character

within Congolese jurisdiction. On 29 and 30 November, the Ministry of Justice and

Human Rights organized a workshop in Kinshasa on specialized chambers and

non-judicial mechanisms of transitional justice.

para 50. Between 30 September and 10 October, a high-level panel convened by the

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visited the

Democratic Republic of the Congo to address the issue of reparations for victims of

sexual violence. In mid-December, the panel submitted to the Government its report,

aimed at complementing efforts to promote justice by providing assistance and

support to victims, and to advance a national strategy on sexual violence with regard

to reparations.