Jacques Bigot

NGENZI / BARAHIRA appeal trial : sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Paris Assize Court deliberated on Friday the 6th of July 2018 after the floor was given to the accused. The verdict fell shortly before 7pm : Tito BARAHIRA and Octavien NGENZI are both found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. They are sentenced to life imprisonment, the same as the sentence they had been convicted to at their first trial in 2016. Please switch to the French part of this site for more details about this trial.

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Genocide Convention : panel discussion at United Nations with the CPCR

In commemoration of the 69th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the CPCR participate to a panel discussion the 14th of December at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Video presentation – short version: Long version: LIST OF SPEAKERS Opening Remarks: Government of Rwanda Representative , (To be determined). Mr Michael MOLLER, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr Adama DIENG, United Nations Secretary – General’s Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide (Video message) Moderator: Niccolò FIGÀ-TALAMANCA, Secretary General, No Peace Without Justice. Panelists: Dafroza GAUTHIER, …

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