War Babies

I decided to attempt to conduct some outside research to use in conjunction with the materials that were provided for this week. Unfortunately, my efforts came up short. I’d like to note that I had primarily conducted my research on some of the international organizations’ websites. This is how I reached a very puzzling and daunting question within this topic. Why is there seemingly a lack of recognition of the crimes against humanity and human rights violations that are occurring under the circumstance of war babies and their mothers? First, rape is considered a crime against humanity. Crimes against humanity are punishable within the international criminal court. However, it seems that justice for these women and children is being neglected. Both international and local authorities have failed to recognize these crimes and create efforts to prevent them from occurring.
Within the short clip of “War Babies”, the women in Rwanda received no justice for the crimes committed against them and their family members or for the children that they had conceived after they were raped. In fact, the men still remain in their town. Local authorities have done nothing to protect these women or their children.
First it seems necessary that the organizations must actually recognize the issues that are occurring. It seems that these issues are made invisible and hence have no place on the global agenda. Once the issues are recognized, it’s important that these organizations bring awareness to this issue. Awareness is important in order to get the issue on the global agenda, in an effort to establish enforcement of human rights. International organizations must also apply pressure on the local governments to recognize the crimes and to implement proper law enforcement. Going forward, the organizations should also utilize their resources to bring protection and proper aid to the women and