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SESSION 1

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DISCOURS D’ACCUEIL ET D’OUVERTURE

Jeudi 9 juillet, 10h - 12h30

Président : Philippe BURRIN

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    contribution 1 - BURRIN Philippe

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    PROFESSOR BURRIN:


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    Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to extend my warmest welcome to you to this international colloquium on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. I am certainly pleased to greet you, to salute this audience comprising high profile personalities, who for some of them have come from afar and who are going to share with us the fruits of product of their thought and research on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. This colloquium is the outcome or an offshoot of an exemplary cooperation between the organisers. I would like to particularly thank Bernard Chetail, who is sitting to my right, between the (...)
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    contribution 2 - FLOUR Yvonne

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    MS. FLOUR:


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    Thank you. Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is on behalf of the University of Paris I that I have the great honour to welcome you to this hall today and for the symposium that brings us here. First of all, Paris I, because the institute for economic and social studies, which is one of the main organisers of this Conference is a test of our university, and we have made our best to work for this seminar. We are happy to see that it is taking place today — Geneva is slightly far from Paris I — in this beautiful city where the traveller has this great impression of calm. And things that may appear improbable are quite possible (...)
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    PROFESSOR BURRIN:
    Before handing over the floor to Mr. Dahinden, I would like to point out that Prosecutor Jallow will be joining us slightly later.

    I would like to take advantage of the change of speaker to express that acknowledgement to the two institutions that are sponsoring, co‑sponsoring this symposium, that have made it possible, that is, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland and, particularly, the development and cooperation department represented by Ambassador Dahinden and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda represented by Judge Byron.

    I will now give the floor to Ambassador Dahinden.


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    contribution 3 - DAHINDEN Martin

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    AMBASSADOR DAHINDEN:


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    Thank you very much, Mr. Director. Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues and friends, on 8th November 1994, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution for the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Today, 15 years on, Switzerland is very honoured to host this reflection forum. Switzerland has been deeply involved in the involvement of international criminal justice, both at the level of transitory institutions, such as the ad hoc Tribunals, as well as for the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Switzerland is also very active in the general area of coping with the past. It addresses (...)
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    contribution 4 - BYRON Dennis C. M.

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    JUDGE BYRON: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Your Excellency, Honourable Judges, Mr. Prosecutor, Mr. Registrar, distinguished professors, journalist, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I must say it’s a real pleasure being here in Geneva. The weather has been wonderful, and I think we have all had a very wonderful commencement to our deliberations. So I should first of all start by thanking the Government of Switzerland, Professor Burrin, Professor Flour, and all of your colleagues from the three organising academic institutions, as well as present and former colleagues of the ICTR who have been (...)
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    contribution 5 - GUICHAOUA, André

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    MR. GUICHAOUA:


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    Distinguished colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the organising committee, I would like to say a few words which are more of a practical nature, which is important, especially as we move toward this afternoon’s discussions. Allow me, first of all, to thank all those who made it here for having responded to our invitation and for having been involved in the organisation, and especially I hope that we shall meet the expectations and the trust you have placed on us. That said, two years ago, the idea of this conference was mooted and discussed, and the rationale is simple: We are all attached to this institution. (...)
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    PROFESSOR BURRIN:

    Thank you all. I would like to thank especially the two speakers, Judge Byron and the other speaker. I would like to thank you all. We will start the session at this stage. I note again, I wish you a very successful colloquium.