Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-42222-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Written by people selected for their personalized knowledge of the Rwandan genocide, Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law provides a unique level of insight, detail and first-hand knowledge about the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Drew, Phillip

Oswald, Bruce

McLaughlin, Robert

Farrall, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Vereinte Nationen, UN Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Foreword–Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law

Lieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire

Introduction

Phillip Drew, Jeremy Farrall, Rob McLaughlin, and Bruce Oswald

Part 1: Rwanda, UNAMIR and the International Community

1 Rwanda’s Forgotten Years

Reconsidering the Role and Crimes of Akazu 1973–1993

Andrew Wallis

2 Rwanda: the Political Failure of the UN Security Council

Ambassador Colin Keating

3 Wilfully Blind: the Security Council’s Response to Genocide in Rwanda

Tamsin Phillipa Paige

4 Underpowered and Mostly UnwantedA Short History of UNAMIR

Jean Bou

5 Rwanda Revisited: UNAMIR IIAustralian Reflections on the Mission and the Mandate

Lieutenant-General J.J. Frewen

6 UNAMIR: a Deployed Legal Officer’s Retrospective

Bruce ‘Ossie’ Oswald

7 Do Not Intervene: UNAMIR’s Rules of Engagement from the Inside

Phillip Drew and Major (ret’d) Brent Beardsley

Part 2: The “G” Word

8 Defining Genocide

Melanie O’Brien

9 Rwanda, the Holocaust, and the Predictable Path to Genocide

Phillip Drew

10 Moral EquivalenceThe Story of Genocide Denial in Rwanda

Linda Melvern

11 Gendering Rwanda Genocide and Post-Genocide

Adam Jones

Part 3: Prosecuting Genocide

12 The ICTR and Its Contribution to the Revivification of International Criminal Law

Emily Crawford

13 Post-Genocide Justice in Rwanda

M.A. Drumbl

Part 4: Rwanda’s Legacy

14 Rwanda: Lessons Observed. Lessons Learned?

Jane Boulden

15 Some Rules of Engagement Legacies of the

Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

Rob McLaughlin

16 Rwanda and the RohingyaLearning the Wrong Lessons?

David J. Simon

17 Humanitarian Intervention and R2P

Stacey Henderson

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Phillip Drew is the Assistant Dean of Juris Doctor and Graduate Studies at Queen’s University (Kingston) and is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law. Dr. Drew spent 30 years in the Canadian Armed Forces as an Intelligence Officer and a Legal Officer. He was deployed to Rwanda in July 1994 as the Canadian Contingent Intelligence Officer. In August 1994 he coordinated an investigation into allegations that the Rwandan Patriotic Army was conducting mass killings of civilians throughout the country.

Dr. Jeremy Farrall is Associate Dean (Research) at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law and Professor of Law in the ANU Law School. Professor Farrall has worked for the United Nations in a range of capacities, serving as a Political Affairs Officer for the UN Security Council at UN Headquarters in New York (2001-2004) and for the UN Mission in Liberia (2004-2006). He was also a UN Facilitator for the UN Secretary-General's Good Offices team that mediated peace talks in Cyprus (2004, 2008).

Dr. Rob McLaughlin is a Professor of Law in the Australian National University (ANU) Law School. He researches, publishes, and teaches in the areas of Law of Armed Conflict, Law of the Sea, Maritime Security Law and Maritime Law Enforcement, and Military Law. Before moving into academia, Rob enjoyed a rewarding career in the Royal Australian Navy as a Seaman officer and a Legal officer. Consequently, his research interests are primarily focussed around issues of practical operational significance. His legal roles included as the Fleet Legal Officer, the Strategic Legal Adviser, as a Counsel Assisting the HMAS SYDNEY II Commission of Inquiry, Director Operations and International Law, and Director Naval Legal Service.

Dr. Bruce Oswald is a Professor and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. His interests in law and practice are in the areas of international humanitarian law, peace operations, state building, accountability and responsibility, and the application of human rights law to military operations. Ossie has served in the Australian Regular Army as a legal officer. He has seen operational service in Rwanda, the Former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. For his service as the Legal Officer for the Australian Contingent serving in Rwanda, Ossie was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC).