A beacon of hope in the arrest of Genocide fugitive in DRC

Reports that a Genocide fugitive was arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sends a signal that the recent turn of events regarding the restoration of the Rwanda-DRC relations will go beyond security, economy and now to justice dispensation.Despite the fact that this arrest was referred to by some as a mere coincidence, since Gregoire Ndahimana was wanted on an ICTR indictment, we cannot shy away from the fact that a few years ago this would not have happened.It is now almost two years since the now winding up Gacaca jurisdiction published a list of over 6,000 people either convicted in absentia or suspected of having played a role in the Genocide, since then, we have not seen a single person arrested and sent to Rwanda under the ‘judicial cooperation framework.’