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Final report of the Commission of Experts on Rwanda (S/1994/1405)

December 1994 report to the UN Secretary-General on violations of humanitarian law in Rwanda, including those by RPF soldiers.

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9 Dec 1994
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there is no evidence to suggest that acts committed by Tutsi elements were perpetrated with an intent to destroy the Hutu ethnic group as such, within the meaning of the Genocide Convention1

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  1. 9 Dec 1994 Final report of the Commission of Experts on Rwanda (S/1994/1405)
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  1. Final report of the Commission of Experts established pursuant to Security Council resolution 935 (1994) (S/1994/1405), United Nations, 9 Dec 1994. Primary record
    there is no evidence to suggest that acts committed by Tutsi elements were perpetrated with an intent to destroy the Hutu ethnic group as such, within the meaning of the Genocide Convention
    General Kagame indicated that both he and his Government welcomed the scrutiny of the international community in that regard
    substantial grounds to conclude that mass murders, summary executions, breaches of international humanitarian law and crimes against humanity were also perpetrated by Tutsi elements against Hutu individuals
    there exists overwhelming evidence to prove that acts of genocide against the Tutsi group were perpetrated by Hutu elements in a concerted, planned, systematic and methodical way
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