The European Union welcomes yesterday’s arrest in South Africa of Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives indicted in connection with the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

The EU commends the joint operation by the IRMCT (International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals) Office of the Prosecutor Fugitive Tracking Team and South African authorities for the arrest of Fulgence Kayishema. Ending impunity for genocide, even more than a quarter of a century later, is indispensable for peace, security and justice. The international community is committed to ensure that the perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi be prosecuted and punished.