The world has vowed "Never again" in memory of the 800,000 Rwandans and other groups slaughtered by génocidaires. Yet, ever since the Holocaust, the international community has repeatedly betrayed its pledge, most notably in 1994 with regard to the Rwandan Tutsi, and again ten y…
This study provides a structural analysis of the transformation of UN conflict management, from the failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda to Darfur, to the development of Responsibility to Protect and the Peacebuilding Commission.
The Genocide: A Summary ** The Strategy of Ethnic Division ** Preparations for Slaughter ** Recruiting for Genocide ** Strategies of Slaughter ** The Masquerade of Legitimacy ** The End of Hutu Power The Rwandan Patriotic Front ** Tolerating Discrimination and Violence …
In the thirteen weeks after April 6, 1994, at least half a million people perished in the Rwandan genocide, perhaps as many as three quarters of the Tutsi population. At the same time, thousands of Hutu were slain because they opposed the killing campaign and the forces directin…
In 1994 a small elite chose genocide in order to keep power in Rwanda. They used state resources and authority to incite - or force - tens of thousands of Rwandans to kill the Tutsi minority. Within one hundred days, they slaughtered more than half a million people, three quarte…