Rwanda’s genocide: why remembering needs to be free of politics – lessons from survivors: Memory and politics are inherently intertwined and can never be fully separated in post-atrocity and post-genocidal contexts. They are also dynamic and ever-changing. The interplay between memory and politics is, therefore, prone to manipulation, exaggeration or misuse by clever actors to …
30 ans après le génocide : les générations plus âgées du Rwanda craignent un retour des tensions ethniques: Cela fait 30 ans qu’un génocide a ravagé la société rwandaise, faisant près d’un million de morts parmi les Tutsis et les Hutus non extrémistes. Chaque année, au début du mois d’avril, le pays entre dans une …
The Zone of Interest: new Holocaust film powerfully lays bare the mechanisms of genocide: Warning: this article contains spoilers. The Zone of Interest opens by introducing viewers to a husband, wife and their family as they picnic by a river. The scene seems idyllic. Shortly after, the family drives home. Everything seems normal – but …
UN’s top court orders Israel to ‘prevent genocide’ in Gaza but fails to call for immediate ceasefire: In a landmark decision – and with the whole world watching – the International Court of Justice in The Hague has ordered Israel to “take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of acts of genocide” …
South Africa’s legal team in the genocide case against Israel has won praise. Who are they?: South African justice minister Ronald Lamola led a top legal team to argue the country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 11 January. South Africa argues that Israel’s indiscriminate retaliatory bombing and siege …
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: expert sets out what to expect from the International Court of Justice: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings on 11-12 January at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the court, in a case brought by South Africa against Israel. South Africa …
300,000 Tanzanians were killed by Germany during the Maji-Maji uprising – it was genocide and should be called that: Political actors in Tanzania have in recent years demanded compensation from Germany for colonial atrocities committed in the early 20th century. In early 2017, the National Assembly of Tanzania stopped short of putting the label of …
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Accusé de génocide au Rwanda, Félicien Kabuga jugé inapte à participer au procès : la confiance dans la justice internationale encore érodée: kabuguiye Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images _Le Mécanisme international résiduel pour les tribunaux pénaux a récemment conclu une audience de deux ans concernant Félicien Kabuga. Kabuga est accusé de crimes contre l’humanité lors …
Rwanda genocide accused Félicien Kabuga is ruled unfit to stand trial: this will further erode trust in international justice: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals recently concluded a two-year court hearing on Félicien Kabuga. Kabuga is accused of crimes against humanity during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda …
Peace in Sudan depends on justice for the Darfur genocide: Sudan's Omar al-Bashir (left) and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo tour Darfur in 2017. Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident …
Reporting Ukraine 90 years ago: the Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin’s genocide: Ninety years ago, a young Welsh investigative journalist uncovered the Soviet Union’s genocide in Ukraine, Stalin’s attempt to stamp down on rising nationalism. The Holomodor, as it became known, was responsible for the deaths of some 4 million Ukrainians through deliberate starvation. Gareth …
New film Under the Hanging Tree examines how Namibia’s genocide lives on today: Policewoman Christina must solve a murder that evokes a brutal past. Old Location Films/End Street Under the Hanging Tree is a new film written, directed and produced by Perivi Katjavivi, a young, up-and-coming Namibian filmmaker. Despite two decades of gradual growth in …
UN report on China’s abuse of Uyghurs is stronger than expected but missing a vital word: genocide: The long-awaited UN report into human rights abuses committed in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was finally published last week to a mixed reception. For some – principally the Chinese government – it went too far. Others …
The US and Rwanda: how the relationship has evolved since the 1994 genocide: Rwandan president Paul Kagame speaks during a governance event in the US. Paul Marotta/Getty Images One of the primary points of discussion between Antony Blinken and Rwandan president Paul Kagame in the US secretary of state’s upcoming visit to Kigali will be …
How Rwanda’s annual genocide commemoration fans the flame of ethnicity: Riders pass a billboard in Kigali during Rwanda's 100-day commemoration of the 1994 genocide. Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images Each year, Rwandans at home and in the diaspora remember those killed in the 1994 genocide. This is not a single-day event. Kwibuka (“to remember” in …
How an independent tribunal came to rule that China is guilty of genocide against the Uyghurs: After 18 months of deliberations and three hearings of evidence from witnesses and experts – including anthropologists, political scientists and international lawyers – the London-based Uyghur Tribunal has ruled that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is guilty of …
Yazidi genocide: landmark guilty verdict for IS jihadi could transform how atrocities are brought to justice: The genocide verdict brought recently by a German court against an Iraqi member of Islamic State for crimes including the murder of a five-year-old Yazidi girl is a landmark decision which will clear the way for similar prosecutions. That …