The failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda
Subtitle: the role of bystanders
By: Fred Grünfeld, Anke Huijboom.
Contributors: Huijboom, Anke.
Series: International and comparative criminal law series
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9789004157811
Subjects: Genocide -- Prevention; Humanitarian intervention; International agencies; Genocide -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early warnings and early action by bystanders; title: The tribunal's interpretation and implementation of the genocide convention; title: Rwandan history; title: Undermining UNAMIR; title: The installment of UNAMIR with Belgian participation; title: Early warning of atrocities in 1991-1994; title: Early warnings from November to January; title: The genocide fax and the prohibition from U.N. headquarters to act; title: The negative response of New York and capitals in the west to the deteriorating situation; title: Deteriorating security in Rwanda and the negative response from New York from January up until March; title: Requests from Dallaire and from Belgium to New York for a stronger and firmer broadened mandate for UNAMIR; title: UNAMIR : its mandate and the offending Belgian role; title: The start of the genocide; title: Evacuation; title: Belgian decision to withdraw its troops; title: The response of the Security Council; title: The role of the Netherlands throughout the genocide; title: Apologies from bystanders ten years later.