Rwanda’s Foreign Relations Post-Genocide

Hybrid Models of Justice and Rwanda's Post-genocide Response

Transitional justice is guided by three main theories of justice: retributive, restorative, and reparative. Currently, the theories are predominantly perceived as mutually exclusive rather than mutually reinforcing. This paper seeks to reconceptualize the way scholars and practitioners comprehend and use the theories by looking at the goals and the unique focus of each theory. Through this anal...

Beyond the Status-Quo: Cultivating Peace in Post-Genocide Countries

This paper asserts that constructively remembering past atrocities is central to the formation of a lasting, multi-faceted peace in post-genocide societies. The Rwandan case-study first illustrates the dynamics of a society affected by genocide, as well as critically analyzes the integrity of its peace. Secondly, the role of collective memory in reconciliation is discussed at length, including ...

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

The Order of Genocide : The Dynamics of Genocide in Rwanda

To begin, I’d like to describe the origins of the research project that ultimately became The Order of Genocide. I first traveled to Rwanda as a journalist in the mid-1990s, and, during my travels there and in what was then Zaire, I became deeply interested in the dynamics that ultimately led to the 1994 genocide. From my perspective as a journalist traveling in the region, the genocide was an ...

Redefining Genocide

The twentieth century was the bloodiest period in human history. It was plagued by two major world wars and the “cold war” between the West and the Soviet Union, which fought proxy wars in decolonizing and developing countries. In World War I, the Turkish government appalled the world by staging one of the most barbaric massacres in modern times: the death march of the Armenians in Turkey. Neve...