BUJUMBURA/ NEW YORK (2 May 2012) – "Burundi is making progress on human rights, but challenges remain in addressing impunity. The other real test will be the establishment of an effective, independent and credible Truth and Reconciliation Commission", Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, has said.

Today, we mark the 18th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.  We remember the more than 800,000 innocent people who lost their lives.  

This year’s theme is "learning from history to shape a bright future". Rwanda has learned from the appalling tragedy of 1994.  So has the world.