Robert Gersony est un consultant américain connu pour ses rapports sur les pays en conflit, en particulier en Afrique. Il est particulièrement connu pour le « Rapport Gersony », même si ce n'est pas le titre officiel.
Ce rapport documente les crimes commis au Rwanda par le RPA (il s'agit du FPR) contre les Hutu.
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« Summary for UNHCR Presentation Before Commission of Experts, 10 October 1994: Prospects for Early Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees Currently in Burundi, Tanzania and Zaire »
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Due to the nature of its mission, the teams's findings concern principally the conduct of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), the military forces of the current Government, with respect to the Hutu residents of Rwanda. [Previously known as the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), this force has since been redesignated as the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) and his referred to througout this document as such.]
Principal Findings
(...) following are the principal findings of the Emergency Repatriation Team which affect the prospects for an early large-scale repatriation of Hutu refugees currently residing in neighboring countries :
WITH RESPECT TO BUTARE, KIBUNGO, AND PARTS OF KIGALI PREFECTURES
1. Significant areas of Butare Prefecture, Kibungo Prefecture, and the southern and eastern areas of Kigali Prefcture have been – and in some cases were reported to remain as of early September – the +scene of systematic and sustain killing and persecution of their civilian Hutu populations by the RPA. (...) Large-scale indiscriminate killings of men, women, children, including the sick and the elderly, were consistently reported.
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2. Manner of killings
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3. Disposable of bodies
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4. Culpability of victims
It appeared that the vast majority of men, women and children killd in these actions were targeted through the pure chance of being caught by RPA. No vetting process or attempt to establish the complicity of the victims in the April 1994 massacres of the Tutsis was reported.
5. Number of deaths
It is estimated that from late April/May through July, more than 5,000, and perhaps as many as 10,000 persons par month may have been killed in the manner described above. During August, (...) the numner killed may have been somewhat less than in previous months, but probably at least 5,000.
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WITH RESPECT TO RUHENGERI PREFECTURE
(...) conditions were secure, stable and peaceful at the time of the team's visite in early August.
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WITH RESPECT TO GISENYI PREFECTURE
(...) Consistent reports in Gisenyi Prefecture described a systematic pattern of arbitray arrests and disappearances of adult males, all of whom were alleged to be suspected of being militia elements associated with the former Government.
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Other observations
The overwhelming majority of refugees in Burundi, Tanzania and Zaire expressed a wish to return as quicly as possible to their homes. (...) They stated that their main – and in most cases their only – constraint to doing so was the fear of being killed in their home areas, either upon their return or at a later time.
(...) In order for both spontaneous and organized repatriation to proceed, the Government of Rwand must create conditions conducive for the return in safety of the refugees. Progress will have to be closely monitored by the UN system (...) to insure that the actions reported herein are promptly and durably stopped.