On 7 April, UNESCO commemorates the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. The date marks the beginning of the genocide perpetrated against members of the Tutsi minority by the Hutu extremist-led government. Within just over 100 days, more than 1 million Tutsi were systematically murdered. Moderate Hutu and others who opposed the massacres were also killed during this period.

In 2022, UNESCO’s official commemoration ceremony will take at UNESCO House, in partnership with the Permanent Delegation of Rwanda to UNESCO. 

Date: April 21

Time: 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m.

Organizer : UNESCO, Permanent Delegation of Rwanda to UNESCO
Venue : UNESCO HQ, Paris, France
Date of Start : 2022-04-21
Date of Ending : 2022-04-21
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