To conclude, Power feels the United States as well as the United Nations could have done more to stop the killings in Rwanda and made vast attempts to avoid using the term “genocide” as an excuse to not get
Rwanda is a landlocked country in East Africa. Like many other countries in Africa, Rwanda was colonized by European leaders during the Age of Imperialism. Rwanda was once under German rule but after the First World War Rwanda was put under Belgian rule. While under foreign rule ethnic tensions between Tutsi and the Hutu peoples were exploited. These ethnic tensions were never resolved.
(document 9) Also, in one hundred days more than 1 million murdered. The UN troops ' arrival helped keep order and restore basic service, furthermore; the government of Rwanda is pursuing the policy of punishment and reconciliation. Throughout history, these denials of human rights affected many.
The American Government 's Response to The Rwandan Genocide The United States often have an had interest in the political, social and civil crises of other countries in order to benefit themselves. American senior officials hid the truth of the Rwanda Genocide to avoid public moral obligation. The government did not give any financial or political support to the country because Rwanda did not offer minerals or political advantages and stability; the US ' government did not want to be involved in another conflict, even though it has helped other countries in the past.1 But what is truly deeper hidden, are the stories of people like Immacule, a young girl, who, unlike thousands of others, survived the catastrophic genocide in Rwanda.
After many years of pushing aside the unlawful subject of genocide, in 1948 the UN General assembly held an international convention on the prevention, and punishment against the crime of genocide; it was finally put to work in 1951. (Doc. B) Even though we knew genocide was happening in the past with the holocaust, it took us around four decades to go through creating an international criminal tribunal until 1994. (Doc. B) The main question leaves us in document B saying, “Why did it take so long, despite atrocities and mass killings in Cambodia, East Timor, and elsewhere?”
D). In Document A “study the problem of genocide and to prepare a report on the possibilities of declaring genocide an international crime.” Although this would have been a great action to protect civilians value during the Nazi crimes, which were inhumane. However, due to the “lack of adequate provisions and previous formulation of international law, the Nuremberg Tribunal had to dismiss the Nazi crimes,” (Doc. A). The international government have not payed attention to serious issues concerning their people.
During the genocide, the international community remained silent; however, recently the international community has taken actions to provide justice for victims. Inside Cambodia before
The Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) is infamous for the propaganda it disseminated against Tutsi prior to and during the Rwandan genocide. Extensive studies have confirmed the role RTLM played in mobilising the Hutu population, one researcher estimating that 9.9% of the participation in violence against Tutsi was directly because of the broadcasts. Indeed, following the genocide the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR) successfully convicted numerous associates of the RTLM for their responsibility in inciting hatred and genocidal violence. The importance of studying the transcript of 23rd March 1994 therefore does not lie in proving that the RTLM contributed to the occurrence of violence against Tutsi, as this has already been established.
To me, a correct approach in this situation means that there was the practice of prosecuting heads of states or government officials, but that this does not necessarily entail that those prosecuted must be convicted. It also does not mean that the IMT or the subsequent tribunals should only focus on those with a high-ranking position although they did set out to try the major war criminals as stated in Article 1 of the IMT Charter. Furthermore, if we look at the objectives of International Criminal Law, the idea to end impunity is one of them. It must be recognized with this objective that it is not possible to try everyone simply due to lack of resources and time. I believe that the tribunals provided for some justice and that there was a reasonable attempt to end impunity through the process of establishing principle three of prosecuting heads of states and government
The topic of the source is when a country heavily relies on their own moral perfection towards their own foreign policy, They will achieve neither perfection nor security. The word security has great influence in the source because self security should take priority over a “Perfect” foreign policy. Henry Kissinger, an American Politician believes that when policy becomes excessively moralistic it may turn unrealistic or dangerous, Which in turn backfires upon the country jeopardizing their security. This source relates to nationalism through the fact that there is no such thing as a perfect foreign policy among nations, there will always be moral imperfection or dispute, Such is the case with the Rwandan genocide in 1994, International Agreements
he well-being of a nation’s people lies in the hands of its economy. Rwanda, a nation that was involved in a gruesome genocide, had it’s economy severely crippled in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide. Rwanda’s economy thrived off the nation’s exports and its label as an “international tourist country”. However, in the aftermath of the genocide, the nation’s economy was driven into a steep decline as it was not only in the midst of a war with the Rwandan Patriotic Front, but it also had lost thousands of potential tourists and their tourist money in the process.
For several decades various cultures have been rich with history and traditions that transcended time. However these cultures go through very dark times such as genocide. Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, specifically those of a particular ethnic group or nation. On one hand neutrality is a positive alternative of genocide because if a country stays neutral, that country would likely have peace. On the other hand being a bystander or being neutral is letting thousands of innocent lives die at your hands.
Globalization is a massive thing that affects every person on the planet in one way or another. This source raises the argument that globalization is a disease that harms people in more ways then it helps and needs to be stopped before it wipes out the human race. This raises a good point is some ways because globalization does harm humans in many way such as losing jobs due to outsourcing and the people who get the outsourced jobs are put into horrible working conditions and underpaid without benefits. But it also helps in some ways with trade and communication strengthening the relations of countries. I do agree with the source that globalization harms many people but not quite to the extent that the author goes to, I think that
The AU’s decision on Africa’s relationship with the ICC emphasizes the fact that it is the first time that a sitting head of state and his deputy have had criminal proceedings brought against them in an international court. Thus, the decision further requests that the trials of Kenyatta and Ruto be suspended until they complete their terms of office. The actions depicted by the AU points to the unwillingness of African states to hold individuals in positions of power accountable for gross human rights violations on a continent where the rights of victims are not
Post Conflict Reconstruction in Rwanda In the case of Rwanda, it began with the signing of the Arusha agreement in 1994 which did not mark the end of the conflict in Rwanda. The State still continued to face stagnating conflicts within and outside its own boarders. The conflict spread to Rwanda’s neighboring States and immediate action needed to be taken. The post crisis period left Rwanda with a lot to deal especially after the following results of the Genocide attack; 12% of the entire population was wiped out, the majority of the population that remained were left with physical and mental traumas to deal with, women were infected with HIV/AIDS as a result of rape cases and majority of the children were also mentally affected as they witnessed the entire carnage.
