Abstract
On November 24, 2006, the Rwandan authorities decided to break off their diplomatic relations with France. This decision was unquestionably linked with the French attitude towards the Rwandan genocide. The Rwandan government lamented on this occasion of the fact that France was refusing to acknowledge its responsibilities in the Rwandan genocide, which resulted in 800 000 victims according to the UN and the Organization of African Unity or the OUA. The worsening of the Franco-Rwandan diplomatic relations is therefore highly symptomatic of the fierce controversy, which currently leads historians as well as politicians and jurists to discuss about the attitude of France towards the Rwandan genocide. Though there is a vast number of studies which have been held on the subject and an overabundant literature on tackling the issue, we strive to handle the subject "France and the Rwandan genocide" in this document.
