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La France, le Rwanda et le génocide des Tutsi (1990-1994)

Report of the Duclert Commission to President Macron, 26 March 2021.

3 links, 2 backed by primary records

The debate

What it found

If by this we mean a willingness to join a genocidal operation, nothing in the archives that were examined demonstrates this.1

Who disputes it

A Foreseeable Genocide: The Role of the French Government in Connection with the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 19 Apr 2021
It fails to state what the French government was responsible for having done.2
The Muse report says it largely finished before the Duclert Commission reported.

Each side is quoted in its own words. Whether a finding holds is not decided here.

Connections 3

Timeline 4 dates

Proof 3 sources

France, Rwanda and the Tutsi Genocide (1990-1994): Report submitted to the President of the Republic on 26 March 2021 (English translation; the French version is the reference), Research Commission on the French archives related to Rwanda and the Tutsi genocide, 26 Mar 2021. Primary record
If by this we mean a willingness to join a genocidal operation, nothing in the archives that were examined demonstrates this.
In response to your mission letter dated April 5th, 2019, I have the honor to submit to you the Report that was assigned to the Research Commission on the French archives related to Rwanda and the Tutsi Genocide.
I have the honor to submit to you the Report that was assigned to the Research Commission
A Foreseeable Genocide: The Role of the French Government in Connection with the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Levy Firestone Muse LLP, for the Government of Rwanda, 19 Apr 2021. Scholarship & press
It fails to state what the French government was responsible for having done.
La France, le Rwanda et le génocide des Tutsi (1990-1994): rapport de la Commission de recherche remis au président de la République le 26 mars 2021 (French original), Commission de recherche sur les archives françaises relatives au Rwanda et au génocide des Tutsi, 26 Mar 2021. Primary record
Elle est demeurée aveugle face à la préparation d’un génocide par les éléments les plus radicaux de ce régime.

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