Rwanda Genocide Analysis

The year 1994 claimed the lives of 800,000 people in the East African Nation Rwanda. The Rwandan nation was composed of two rival ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. Thus establishing the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF). The RPF implemented a distribution of power between the two groups. Secretary General of the UN, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, came to the conclusion that the only way to prevent a war outbreak was to place UN peacekeepers in Rwanda. However, the agreement displeased many. Decades of animosity between the Hutus and the Tutsis resulted into the bloodshed of assassinations (The Rwandan Genocide). Prevention to such atrocities could have been taken place if the UN had been more involved rather than spectating. A Genocide compels of time consuming strategic planning; one that has been mostly carried out by governments or …show more content…
A Special Adviser collects information on situations where there might be a risk of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. When the Special Adviser assesses that making his/her concerns public will reduce the risk of genocide and related crimes in a specific situation, or advance the cause of peace and stability, he/she issues public statements. The Special Adviser is also responsible for bringing situations to the attention of the Secretary-General and, through him, of the Security Council, and for making recommendations on “actions to prevent or halt genocide” (Work of the office). Family of victims safety should be prioritized first in case they are being targeted specifically. In the case of a genocide, alerting the population should take action first. Therefore, the people can get out of the country resulting into a lower body count for the attackers. Protection for all humanity requires warning as early as possible of threats by extremist, military or totalitarian movements to overthrow