According to the African Union Commission, this
commemoration [of the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda] is also to remind Africa
and the rest of the world, as well as new generations, of this tragedy lived by
a country and a people, so that this tragedy never falls into the oblivion hole
in history.
The Commission commends the six significant measures adopted and the three major activities carried out by the National Communication Council, (NCC) as part of the fight against hate speech and incitement to intolerance, including those promoting violent extremism disseminated through media and social media outlets.
The Commission also commends the three emblematic actions carried out by the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism (NCPBM), on its own or in partnership with other institutions and administrations since the last celebrations to mark this Day.
The Commission is pleased to note that some administrations have taken on board the recommendations made to them in its previous statements to mark the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Tutsis Genocide in Rwanda.
The Commission strongly condemns incitement to hatred on social media and all forms of ethnic, religious, political or tribal discrimination and intolerance and attacks against minority communities, especially during inter-community conflicts in certain Regions.
The Commission reiterates its recommendations made to mark the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda, celebrated on 7 April 2023 in which it urges all political actors, all administrative authorities, the educational community, religious leaders, civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations, as well as parents, young people, artists and members of the media, to continue to practice zero tolerance towards tribalism, which is the source of hate speech, intolerance and all other forms of discrimination, including ethnic supremacies, which, like the genocide against the Tutsis and the Holocaust against the Jews, is based on the theory of superiority of ethnicity.
The Commission recommends that Government should strengthen its material and procedural system for combating genocide and other international crimes, in particular by ratifying the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948 and by taking national measures to implement that Convention.
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