General Roméo Dallaire ‘General Romeo Dallaire must bear most of the responsibility for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.’ This statement may have many different views towards it but in my opinion‚ I would have to disagree. There are a few points on why I believe General Romeo Dallaire shouldn’t be blamed for the genocide. The Rwandan Genocide was an awful event that really started on 1994; it was basically a civil war. Before 1994‚ there was a buildup of tension in between two ethnic groups (the Hutu
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Rwanda gained their independence from Belgium in 1961. This happened after the nationalist group known as the Parmehutu led the social revolution which overthrew the tutsi ruling class. The revolution was responsible for about 20‚000 Tutsis and another
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The genocide of Rwanda that killed almost a million people in 90 days could have been prevented. The Belgians; people from the country of Belgium in Europe‚ went to Rwanda; a country in Africa and set up a government where the Tutsi; minority group of cattle herders had power over the Hutu; majority group of farmers. The Belgians did this not knowing the difference of Hutu and Tutsi‚ being they were just social classes and not races. This led to an oppressed majority and then an armed machete revolution
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• Romeo was born on June 25‚ 1946 • Born in Denekamp‚ Netherlands • His father Romeo Louis Dallaire was a staff sergeant and also a non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Army • His mother Catherine Vermaessen was a Dutch nurse • Romeo later immigrated to Montreal when he was six months old with his Dallaire enrolled in the Canadian Army in 1963 as a cadet • He attended Le College militaire royal de Saint-jean • In 1970 Dallaire graduated from the Royal Military college of Canada • He graduated
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pleasure that I take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks to all of those who has helped me during the internship. This work is an outcome of an unparallel infrastructural support that I have received from the NET WORK OF LAWYERS OF HOPE IN RWANDA (LOH). The assistance and supervision of LOH staff and the Board have had considerable impact in my academic training. I hereby thank Me Frank KIGENZA‚ the President of LOH for the good organization of LOH. My special thanks go to Claire WILKINSON
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Nearly 22 years ago‚ the African nation of Rwanda underwent civil conflict which claimed the lives of millions. Despite clear indications of genocide‚ the international community avoided intervention for 100 days. During the Hinkley Institute forum‚ “Rwanda: The Pursuit of International Justice‚ Then and Now‚” Ambassador Prosper argued that nations must intervene globally‚ as war crimes violate international law‚ evade UN tribunals‚ and disallow citizens from reshaping domestic policy. Yet‚ despite
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The recent Civil War in Congo has been a bloody flight‚ causing more then 3.3 million deaths in just 4 short years.1 Various rebel and ethnic groups have have been involved in the violence‚ fighting over Congo ’s rich natural resources or engaged in a bitter ethnic war. With so many opposing factions‚ it has made reaching a solution difficult. While a rough peace treaty has been established‚ sporadic fighting pops up in the country everyday. The people of Congo are being pushed farther into
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Even so‚ humanitarian intervention has been a hard test for the international community‚ because apparently goes against the core principles of non-intervention and state sovereignty expressed in the articles 2(7) and 2(4) of the Charter. Unfortunately the raison d’être of such scepticism underlies concrete mistakes of the UNSC and plausible misinterpretations around the use of force. ID 9761726 Criticism on humanitarian intervention The conundrum that humanitarian intervention unavoidably
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victims as inferior and unworthy. For instance‚ the Jewish people who experienced the violence of the Holocaust had to witness their friends and families perish at the hands of Nazi soldiers at concentration camps across Europe. The Tutsis of the Rwanda had a similar experience‚ in which they were forced to face the ruthless savagery of the Hutus in their own back yards. In many cases‚ the Tutsis
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escape to safer countries to avoid the punishment of the Nazis. This is how I related the theme in the Chrysalids to something I have learned that happened in our history. The Rwanda genocide‚ which took place from the 1990s to the early 2000s is another event which I believe relates to the main theme of the Chrysalids. The Rwanda genocide was a civil war that was based upon the Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority. The Hutu majority believed that they were the superior group and decided
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