Our day started with a visit to the Genocide Museum - a memorial to the over one million Rwandans killed in 1994. The museum also memorializes other acts of genocide, especially the holocaust. It was a very moving experience.
The picture on the left above shows the beginning of our tour. Our guide was 12 years old when his parents were killed in the genocide. He does not know who killed them. When I asked him what he wanted done to the killers if they were ever found, he said that he would forgive them if they would apologize and accept responsibility for what they had done.
After lunch, we met with the Faculty of Law of the National University of Rwanda. They told us about their projects in International Law and asked us about American law, especially about use of the death penalty. We invited them to be our guests for dinner to continue the exchange of ideas. 
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