Retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire, who led the failed UN peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide, expresses cautious optimism about the world's progress in preventing such atrocities. However, he remains concerned about the lack of justice for the perpetrators and masterminds of the genocide, including those in Africa, Canada, and other parts of the world.
Retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire speaks to reporters during the 2017 United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday November 14, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck., the retired Canadian general who led the United Nations peacekeeping mission that failed to stop the killings says he’s cautiously optimistic the world is moving toward a place where such brutality can never happen again.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by current President Paul Kagame, ultimately brought the genocide to an end and has ruled the country ever since. Many Hutu leaders, commanders and supporters fled the country into what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as other parts of Africa, Europe, the United States and Canada.
Since the 1994 genocide, Dallaire has testified at trials held around the world against perpetrators who have been hunted down and prosecuted for their role in the killings. Those include the 2007 trial of Desire Munyaneza in Montreal, which marked the first ever held under Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.
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