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Rwanda Genocide
Slide2Perpetrators
When: April 6, 1994 – July 15, 1994Who: Hutu-led government and Hutu extremists
Theoneste Bagosora(1941-present)Chief of Staff, Ministry of DefenseEstablished Interahamwe Militia
Interahamwe Militia(1990-present)Hutu Militia Extremists
Radio Television
Libre
des Milles
Collines
(RTLM)
(1993-1994)
Popular Hutu-led Radio Station
Slide3Victims
Dead: 800,000 dead in 100 days (8,000 per day)Causes: Machete, and to a lesser extent, firearmsTargets: Tutsi Minority Ethnic People, Moderate HutusRefugees: 550,000 refugees and 350,000 internally displaced people
Slide4End of the Conflict
Slide5Summary of Genocide - Timeline
April
6, 1994:
Rwandan president’s plane shot down. Official start of genocide.
April 7, 1994:
Rwandan Forces (FAR) set up roadblocks, killing moderate Hutu and ethnic Tutsi.
10 Belgian peacekeepers murdered, sparking the withdrawal of foreigners living in Rwanda.
July 15, 1994:
RPF captures the capital, 2 million Hutu civilians and government reps flee.
April1994
July 1994
June 22, 1994: United Nations Security Counsel sends French forces to create safe zones.
April
21, 1994: United Nations Security Counsel reduces UNAMIR peacekeeping forces to 270 military personnel.
April
19, 1994: Human Rights Watch claims more than 100,000 people killed in Rwanda.
April
28, 1994:
Oxfam counts 500,000 people dead.
Slide6What’s Happened Since?
November 8, 1994:
United Nations Security
Counsil
resolution creates the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR
).
December 1995:
ICTR announces first indictments against eight suspects, charging them with genocide and crimes against humanity.
December 1, 1996:
Start of national genocide trials in the
Gacaca
Courts.
May 4, 2012:
Gacaca
Courts officially close after trying more than
2
million
cases.
Slide7Resources
Human
Rights Watch:
http://
www.hrw.org/africa/rwanda
Human
Rights
Watch report “Rwanda: Justice After Genocide – 20 Years On
”:
http://
www.hrw.org/news/2014/03/28/rwanda-justice-after-genocide-20-years
Outreach Program on the Rwanda Genocide and the
United Nations:
http://
www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/about/about.shtml
BBC
article “Rwanda Genocide: 100 days
of Slaughter”:
http://
www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26875506
“Sometimes in April” film:
http://
vimeo.com/25283728
“
Sweet Dreams” film:
http://www.sweetdreamsrwanda.com
/
Rwanda Genocide
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