Learning from Rwanda: How 100 Days of Mass Killing Finally Led to International Reform (Part 1)
Rwanda witnessed a 100-day mass genocide back in 1994, when the ethnic Hutu government and its supporters led a campaign that left around 800,000 people, including Tutsis and moderate Hutus, dead. And while, shockingly, the event was not given enough attention by the international community at the time, Rwanda\u2019s genocide later led to reform and innovation in order to prevent and respond to such crises and to help the recovery of societies post conflicts.\nIn this episode, Dr. Philip Drew, Associate Professor at Australia National University and Assistant Dean of Faculty of Law at Queens University, and Dr. Bruce Oswald, Professor at Melbourne Law School talk about what led to the events of 1994 and how it generated more focus on international communities\u2019 responses to government-sponsored violence in the future. This discussion is an extension of a special issue of Brill\u2019s\xa0Journal of International Peacekeeping, called \u201cRwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law.\u201d\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/genocide-studies