In 1994, approximately one million Rwandans were killed on the ongoing massacre that took place in Rwanda. Since the rise of the RPF government to power, efforts for national unity and reconciliation have been widely promoted. Thus, the after-genocide Rwanda is considered today as an example of reconciliation under the directions of a peaceful and democratic government. Although the policies for memory disseminated by the State are little discussed, they pose relevant questions about their effectiveness for a real reconciliation between victims and its perpetrators. This thesis intends to analyze the State policies related to the memory of the Rwandan genocide in order to comprehend which are the consequences of these policies on the reconciliation process of the Rwandan society. The analysis argues that the ambiguous official policies adopted are more directed to politics and ultimately undermine the reconciliation process, since it does not deal effectively with the traumas faced by the entire population. These memory policies only appease the situation, masking the deep problems of the acceptance and overcoming the genocide. The research was done considering the academic discussion of memory, acknowledgement and reconciliation on the field of genocide studies and International Relations applied to the Rwandan case of study.