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27 - The Rwandan Genocide in Context

from Part IV - Globalisation and Genocide since the Cold War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2023

By
Scott Straus
Edited by
Ben Kiernan ,
Wendy Lower ,
Norman Naimark  and
Scott Straus
Ben Kiernan
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
Wendy Lower
Affiliation:
Claremont McKenna College, California
Norman Naimark
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Scott Straus
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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Summary

The 1994 genocide in Rwanda has become a canonical case of the second half of the twentieth century. In three months, an interim government orchestrated the massacre of at least 500,000 Tutsi civilians. Known for its speed and participatory nature, as well as the failure of international actors to stop the violence, the Rwandan case is a touchstone for debates about the causes, prevention and aftermath of genocide. This chapter presents an overview of the history preceding the genocide as well as of the event itself. In addition, the chapter summarises the violence against non-Tutsi Rwandans during the genocide and thereafter, mass violence that amounts to crimes against humanity.

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The Cambridge World History of Genocide , pp. 647 - 671
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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