By: Dele Olojede—Newsday May 4, 2004
GASHORA, Rwanda — Valerie Bemeriki would like the world to know that, all in all, she was only doing her duty. (more…)
Archive for January, 2011
When Words Could Kill
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Genocide DenialTags: 1994, Bemeriki, Dele Olojede, French, GAcaca, genocide, Hate, Hate radio, Hutu, Incitement, Kangura, Kill, RTLM, Tutsi, Words
Underestimating the Magnitude of International Crime: Implications of Genocidal Behavior for the Discipline of Criminology
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Genocide DenialTags: 1994, African Rights, Armenian Genocide, Catholic Church, Criminology, Failure, Genocide 1994, Genocide Denial, George Yacoubian, Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Hovanissian, Hutu, injustice, Injustice studies, Journal of Criminal Justice, Justice Quarterly, Laws, Tutsi Genocide, United Nations
By George S. Yacoubian Jr.
Injustice Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1997
Abstract
The 20th century has witnessed the evolution of perhaps the most contemptible violation of state-perpetrated, international criminal law- genocide. Genocidal behavior however, has been routinely ignored in literature devoted to the discipline of criminology. (more…)
New Humanitarianism with Old Problems: The Forgotten Lesson of Rwanda
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: Tutsi, genocide, Rwanda, Hutu, Darfur, Interahamwe, NGOs, African Rights, DRC, Survivors, Samantha Power, Philip Gourevitch, Killers, Linda Melvern, Community, Humanitarianism, International, Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, Feinstein International Center, Princeton University Press, Indifference, R2P
By Madalena Elena Nan–OCTOBER 4, 2010
“The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.” (more…)
Tutsi Genocide and Lessons For Human Rights Advocacy
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Genocide DenialTags: 1994, Advocacy, Amii Otunnu, Human rights, Hutu, Tutsi, Tutsi Genocide, UNESCO
By Amii Omara-Otunnu 02-01-10
On April 7, politically conscious human rights advocates all over the world will join the people of Rwanda to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the most intense genocide in known human history. (more…)
Gang of Four know days of rebel takeovers are gone
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: BBC, BBC broadcast, Dissidents, DRC, Gang, Gerald Gahima, Idi Amin, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karegeya, Rebel group, Rudasingwa, Rwanda, Rwanda National Congress
By FREDERICK GOLOOBA-MUTEBI
On the night of Friday January 21, Rwandans and Rwanda watchers went to bed with a momentous piece of news: Exiled dissidents Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karegyeya, Theogene Rudasingwa and Gerald Gahima, had formed a rebel group to fight the Kagame government. (more…)
Journalism training and media freedom in Rwanda
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, Allan Thompson, Canadians, Carleton University, Disdain, English, Freedom, genocide, Hutu Power, Journalism, Kangura, Media, New Times, NUR, RTLM, Rwanda, Rwanda initiative, Sensorship
By Allan Thompson
Those who work to build the capacity of the media in Rwanda are soon confronted by a conundrum, a sort of journalistic chicken and egg syndrome. Is it possible, or even appropriate, for outside actors to contribute to building the capacity of the media sector in a post-conflict environment where press freedom still faces overwhelming challenges? (more…)
The International responsibility of States and the UN for the breach of the obligation to prevent and suppress genocide and its legal consequences vis-à-vis the victims of genocide
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: Belgium, Civilians, Dallaire, France, genocide, Hutu, Inerahamwe, Inernational, New York, Paris, Pentagon, responsibility, RTLM, Rwanda, Schabas, Stephen Ruvebana, Tutsi, UNAMIR, United Nations
By Stephen Ruvebana
Research context
On 6 April 1994, the airplane of the Rwandan president exploded in the skies above Kigali. Belgian peacekeepers reported seeing two rockets fired toward his plane from the vicinity of a camp belonging to the Rwandan Presidential Guard and army commandos. (more…)
The Paradox of Early Warning
Posted: January 30, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, Early warning, Foreign policy, genocide, Hutu, James Miskel, New York, paradox, Paris, Refugees, Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide, Tutsi, UNHCR, Violence, Warning, Washington
By James F. Miskel, July 4, 1997
The horror that has in recent months re-engulfed the region along the Rwanda-Burundi-Zaire (RBZ) border ought to be an icy splash in the face of advocates of early warning systems for humanitarian emergencies. Why? Because even though the idea of an early warning system seems to have been widely accepted as conceptually sound, early warning data about the RBZ crisis has been largely ignored. (more…)
