Monday 28 January 2019

Holocaust memorial day 2019 - remember the Genocide in Rwanda


Holocaust Memorial day is held each year on 27th January. This year it 
 includes marking the 25th anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda, which began in April 1994 
 find out more about the events on the website of the Holocaust Memorial Trust

Here are some free academic resources for those seeking to conduct research into the Rwandan Genocide.
The United Nations maintains a Legacy website of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda this has a timeline of events, case materials and documents on human rights violations  

The Rwanda Documents Project started by  Professor Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota as a result of his work as a defense attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has  primary source materials from international and national agencies, governments, and courts that relate to the political and social history of Rwanda from 1990-2004 approx.

 The Genocide Archive of Rwanda is a collaborative project of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, Aegis Trust, and Rwanda’s National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide, with the assistance of the University of Texas Libraries Human Rights Documentation Initiative, USC Shoah Foundation Institute, the Rwanda Development Board, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Annenberg Foundation, and the Bridgeway Foundation. It provides free access to 68 videos, 271 audio transcripts, 867 photographs, 19 publication titles, and 27 archival documents

Rwanda Radio Transcripts Montreal Institute for Genocide
provides the transcripts from a large number of the radio broadcasts from before and during the 1994 genocide. They are available in English, French and Kinyarwanda

USC Shoah Foundation  has testimonies on the  Genocide.

National Security Archive George Washington University has declassified US government documents which reveal evidence of inaction. It also has

Complete Collection of Peacekeepers' Situation Reports from Rwanda to UN Headquarters in New York — from the Mission's Inception in October 1993 through the End of the Genocide in July 1994







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