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Book SynopsisListen to the podcast with Philip Drew and Bruce Oswald In Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law, the contributing authors seek to recount, explore, and explain the tragedy that was the Rwanda genocide and the nature of the international community’s entanglement with it. Written by people selected for their personalized knowledge of Rwanda, be it as peacekeepers, aid workers, or members of the ICTR, and/or scholarship that has been clearly influenced by the genocide, this book provides a level of insight, detail and first-hand knowledge about the genocide and its aftermath that is clearly unique. Included amongst the writers are a number of scholars whose research and writings on Rwanda, the United Nations, and genocide are internationally recognized. Contributors are: Major (ret’d) Brent Beardsley, Professor Jean Bou, Professor Jane Boulden, Dr. Emily Crawford, Lieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire, Professor Phillip Drew, Professor Mark Drumbl , Professor Jeremy Farrall, Lieutenant-General John Frewen, Dr. Stacey Henderson, Professor Adam Jones, Ambassador Colin Keating, Professor Robert McLaughlin, Linda Melvern, Dr. Melanie O’Brien, Professor Bruce Oswald, Dr. Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Professor David J. Simon, and Professor Andrew Wallis. This book was previously published as Special Issue of the Journal of International Peacekeeping, Volume 22 (2018), Issue 1-4 (published April 2020); with updated Introduction.
Table of Contents 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
