The United States denial of

the rwandan genocide

The United States denial of

the rwandan genocide

group 11: Mia arroyo, catherine costello, and Nicole Yuen

group 11: Mia arroyo, catherine costello, and Nicole Yuen

introduction/thesis

• The United States government, and President Clinton in particular, denied that what was going on in Rwanda during the months of April to July 1994 was a genocide because they did not want to be obligated to fight a battle that wasn’t theirs.• Major contribution to the Rwandan Genocide.

what is genocide?

what is genocide?

•Legal definition of genocide created by Raphael Lemkin

•the United Nations Convention on the punishment and prevention for the crime of Genocide

•How to recognize a Genocide

•Legal definition of genocide created by Raphael Lemkin

•the United Nations Convention on the punishment and prevention for the crime of Genocide

•How to recognize a Genocide

genocide• Estimated 800,000 killed

The united states

involvement

The united states

involvement

• President Clinton made the choice to not get involved

• No political or strategic importance

• Somalia

• Public Pressure

• President Clinton made the choice to not get involved

• No political or strategic importance

• Somalia

• Public Pressure

denial

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The apologyThe apology

“ The international community, together with

nations in Africa, must bear its share of responsibility for this tragedy as well...We did not immediately call these

crimes by their rightful name: genocide.”

-Bill Clinton

“ The international community, together with

nations in Africa, must bear its share of responsibility for this tragedy as well...We did not immediately call these

crimes by their rightful name: genocide.”

-Bill Clinton

human rights

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Article 2 “ Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration without distinction of any kind such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status”

• Article 3 “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of a person”

• Article 5 “ No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment”

PromisesPromises

“Never again”“Never again”

help & rwanda today

• Organizations

• President Paul Kagame

• Forgiveness

conclusionconclusion

Time cannot be rewound, the crime cannot be taken back, and the people who lost their lives will never

get the chance to live them again. We should

learn from the mistakes of the past, and not allow it

to happen again.

Time cannot be rewound, the crime cannot be taken back, and the people who lost their lives will never

get the chance to live them again. We should

learn from the mistakes of the past, and not allow it

to happen again.“ONE DAY”“ONE DAY”

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