Maps
Central Africa

Rwanda & Burundi

People
Juvénal Habyarimana

Paul Kagame

Romeo Dallaire




Genocide in Rwanda
History 300 / November 19, 2013

I. Contexts
            A. The colonial context
                        1. “Hutu” and “Tutsi”:
                              imagined & manipulated categories
                        2. Interplay between Rwanda and Burundi
            B. Decolonized Rwanda: a political revolution
                        1. Tutsis as refugees
                        2. Economic and demographic pressures
                        3. The civil war of the early 1990s
            C. The Arusha Accords (Aug. 1993)
                        1. A coalition government mandated
                        2. Another understaffed UN mission: UNAMIR
II. The mechanics of mass slaughter
            A. State-sponsored Hutu militias
            B. The president assassinated (April 6, 1994)
            C. Instructions delivered via the radio
                        1.  Bloodletting at the top
                        2. Village-by-village executions
III. The international response
            A. The narrowness of UN protection
            B. “Genocide” – the power of a label
            C. Ex-post-facto action – the Arusha Trials


 


1993 UNSC
Resolution
UNSC 872 (10/5)

1994 UNSC Resolutions
UNSC 909 (4/5)
UNSC 912 (4/21)
UNSC 918 (5/17)
UNSC 925 (6/8)
UNSC 929 (6/22)

Terms
Interahamwe

Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)