Abstract
The Duclert Commission, which was designed to produce an expert discourse on the role of France in Rwanda in a politically and scientifically controversial setting, can be considered to be a “neutral space”. Its composition was the subject of numerous discussions based around the sidelining of “specialists” on Rwanda, which meant that its members needed to construct scientific legitimacy. Despite these controversies, as a result of the ambiguity of its form and conclusions, the Duclert Commission's Report offers the possibility of a relative degree of political consensus, and therefore a potential marginalization of the “extreme” positions in the controversy surrounding France's role in Rwanda.