Juvénal Habyarimana

The topic that I chose to write about for my research memo project is going to be about genocide. Genocide is something that unfortunately exists in this world we live in, and I want to get a better understanding of what it is. It is something that is extremely problematic in the world. With that said, I am doing this topic because I want to understand why genocide happens and how someone could participate in such an event. I also want to learn and discover how states use intervention to end genocide. One of the cases of Genocide that I am going to be writing about throughout my paper is the Rwandan genocide. I know the basics of what genocide is, but I do not extensively understand what genocide is. In the next paragraph, I am going to explain how my paper will go as far as organization wise. In the first part of my paper following my introduction paragraph, I will be writing about the origins of genocide first. This will include when the first documented case of genocide occurred as well as when genocide was officially declared a term. Once the origins of genocide have been explained thoroughly, I will then move onto theories as to why genocide happens. In this part, I will look at different explanations as to why genocide happens. This could include any social reasons, political reasons, and any events that may indicate a genocide is about to occur. Once a thorough understanding of the causes of genocide and why it happens, I will then write about why people participate…

Prison conditions are worsening all across the world, especially within African countries, such as Rwanda. Rwandan prisons have an unhealthy environment — lack of space, mistreatment, and neglect — for the inmates that are locked up. The effects of the destructive conditions that inmates experience range in severity, from infected feet to death. In addition, these problems are not recent occurrences; these complications have been around for over 20 years. By looking at this issue from an ethical…

Around eight hundred thousand people were killed during the Rwandan genocide in 1942. Paul Rusesabagina, author of An Ordinary Man, sheltered and saved the lives of over twelve hundred would-have-been victims. The following quotes are important pertaining to the plot of the story and the challenges that the author faced. “We are a nation that loves to take people into our homes. I suppose our values are very much like the Bedouin of the Middle East, for whom sheltering and defending strangers is…

In “Of Studies”, Francis Bacon explores the benefits and consequences associated with studies and to what degree they should be used. He claims that “histories make men wise”, which in the context of the Rwandan genocide, seems to mean learning and making an effort to understand the tragedies that occurred there (Bacon 10). To study the historical implications of an event so widely interpreted has the potential to challenge existing opinions about global society and the implications of such a…

the genocide. Like the phrase “cut the tall trees”, which was a code for the Hutus that they used as signal for each other to kill the Tutsis. Another example is that in the movie it is said the genocide of Rwanda was coming to an end when the UN peacekeepers decided to help. This is completely incorrect because once the peacekeepers arrived to Rwanda, there was a civil war, which was not closely as severe as the genocide. A couple of days later into the civil war, the genocide had…