Rwanda: Recent History (2007)

Thomas Ofcansky, AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA 2007, pp. 935-942, Iain Frame, ed., Routledge, 2006

8 Pages Posted: 12 Sep 2011

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Zachary D. Kaufman

University of Florida Levin College of Law; Boston University - School of Law; Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law; University of Houston Law Center; Stanford Law School; Yale University - Law School; Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Phil Clark

University of Oxford - Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Date Written: September 12, 2011

Abstract

This book chapter—written by Thomas Ofcansky and revised by Phil Clark and Zachary D. Kaufman—concerns the recent history of Rwanda. This chapter is published in the 2007 edition of the series, “Africa South of the Sahara,” edited by Iain Frame and published by Routledge.

The chapter covers the following topics: - Hutu Ascendancy - Rebel Invasion and Political Upheaval - United Nations Intervention - Collapse of Civil Order and Genocide - The Front Patriotique Rwandais Takes Power - Elections and the End of the Transitional Period - Post-Genocide Criminal Justice - Human Rights and Refugee Issues - Regional Concerns - International Relations

Keywords: Transitional Justice, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Belgium, France, Sudan, Darfur, Hutu, Tutsi, United Nations, UN Security Council, ICTR, Gacaca, Human Rights, Genocide, Kigali, Arusha, Refugees, Paul Kagame, African Union, Elections

Suggested Citation

Kaufman, Zachary D. and Clark, Phil, Rwanda: Recent History (2007) (September 12, 2011). Thomas Ofcansky, AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA 2007, pp. 935-942, Iain Frame, ed., Routledge, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1925846

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