Rwanda: Searching for Justice after Genocide

In preparation for class discussions about Rwanda's system of reconciliation and justice after the 1994 genocide, I would like you to spend some time exploring Facing History's Transitional Justice module.  Please read over articles/explore multimedia about justice in Rwanda. 

Please click here to link to the Rwanda overview page. From there, I'd like you to examine: 

• Gacaca: Looking to the Past as a Guide
  
• Rwanda Journal: Looking at Witnessing Gacaca
  
• Gacaca: One attempt at Justice comes to an end. 
  
• When the Killers Returned Home
  

Your assignment is to explore the site and to be ready to both write and talk about it on Monday. 

What role should foreign nations play in intervening in genocide?

Samantha Power, the author of  "A Problem From Hell" (we read pieces of her work during our Armenia unit), explains the shortcomings of American foreign policy in dealing with the Rwandan  Genocide in an article entitled "Bystanders to Genocide". This article originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly in 2001. 

This is a lengthy article--but you have TWO nights to finish it. When you are done, please post your reflection in the comments section. I will be reading and grading your comments. 

Let me know if you have questions.