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Rwanda Revisited
Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law
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In Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law, the contributing authors seek to recount, explore, and explain the tragedy that was the Rwanda genocide and the nature of the international communityâs entanglement with it. Written by people selected for their personalized knowledge of Rwanda, be it as peacekeepers, aid workers, or members of the ICTR, and/or scholarship that has been clearly influenced by the genocide, this book provides a level of insight, detail and first-hand knowledge about the genocide and its aftermath that is clearly unique. Included amongst the writers are a number of scholars whose research and writings on Rwanda, the United Nations, and genocide are internationally recognized.
Contributors are: Major (retâd) Brent Beardsley, Professor Jean Bou, Professor Jane Boulden, Dr. Emily Crawford, Lieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire, Professor Phillip Drew, Professor Mark Drumblâ, Professor Jeremy Farrall, Lieutenant-General John Frewen, Dr. Stacey Henderson, Professor Adam Jones, Ambassador Colin Keating, Professor Robert McLaughlin, Linda Melvern, Dr. Melanie OâBrien, Professor Bruce Oswald, Dr. Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Professor David J. Simon, and Professor Andrew Wallis.
This book was previously published as Special Issue of the Journal of International Peacekeeping, Volume 22 (2018), Issue 1-4 (published April 2020); with updated Introduction.
In Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law, the contributing authors seek to recount, explore, and explain the tragedy that was the Rwanda genocide and the nature of the international communityâs entanglement with it. Written by people selected for their personalized knowledge of Rwanda, be it as peacekeepers, aid workers, or members of the ICTR, and/or scholarship that has been clearly influenced by the genocide, this book provides a level of insight, detail and first-hand knowledge about the genocide and its aftermath that is clearly unique. Included amongst the writers are a number of scholars whose research and writings on Rwanda, the United Nations, and genocide are internationally recognized.
Contributors are: Major (retâd) Brent Beardsley, Professor Jean Bou, Professor Jane Boulden, Dr. Emily Crawford, Lieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire, Professor Phillip Drew, Professor Mark Drumblâ, Professor Jeremy Farrall, Lieutenant-General John Frewen, Dr. Stacey Henderson, Professor Adam Jones, Ambassador Colin Keating, Professor Robert McLaughlin, Linda Melvern, Dr. Melanie OâBrien, Professor Bruce Oswald, Dr. Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Professor David J. Simon, and Professor Andrew Wallis.
This book was previously published as Special Issue of the Journal of International Peacekeeping, Volume 22 (2018), Issue 1-4 (published April 2020); with updated Introduction.
Dr. Phillip Drew is the Assistant Dean of Juris Doctor and Graduate Studies at Queenâs University (Kingston) and is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law. Dr. Drew spent 30 years in the Canadian Armed Forces as an Intelligence Officer and a Legal Officer. He was deployed to Rwanda in July 1994 as the Canadian Contingent Intelligence Officer. In August 1994 he coordinated an investigation into allegations that the Rwandan Patriotic Army was conducting mass killings of civilians throughout the country.
Dr. Jeremy Farrall is Associate Dean (Research) at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law and Professor of Law in the ANU Law School. Professor Farrall has worked for the United Nations in a range of capacities, serving as a Political Affairs Officer for the UN Security Council at UN Headquarters in New York (2001-2004) and for the UN Mission in Liberia (2004-2006). He was also a UN Facilitator for the UN Secretary-General's Good Offices team that mediated peace talks in Cyprus (2004, 2008).
Dr. Rob McLaughlin is a Professor of Law in the Australian National University (ANU) Law School. He researches, publishes, and teaches in the areas of Law of Armed Conflict, Law of the Sea, Maritime Security Law and Maritime Law Enforcement, and Military Law. Before moving into academia, Rob enjoyed a rewarding career in the Royal Australian Navy as a Seaman officer and a Legal officer. Consequently, his research interests are primarily focussed around issues of practical operational significance. His legal roles included as the Fleet Legal Officer, the Strategic Legal Adviser, as a Counsel Assisting the HMAS SYDNEY II Commission of Inquiry, Director Operations and International Law, and Director Naval Legal Service.
Dr. Bruce Oswald is a Professor and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. His interests in law and practice are in the areas of international humanitarian law, peace operations, state building, accountability and responsibility, and the application of human rights law to military operations. Ossie has served in the Australian Regular Army as a legal officer. He has seen operational service in Rwanda, the Former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. For his service as the Legal Officer for the Australian Contingent serving in Rwanda, Ossie was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC).
Dr. Jeremy Farrall is Associate Dean (Research) at the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law and Professor of Law in the ANU Law School. Professor Farrall has worked for the United Nations in a range of capacities, serving as a Political Affairs Officer for the UN Security Council at UN Headquarters in New York (2001-2004) and for the UN Mission in Liberia (2004-2006). He was also a UN Facilitator for the UN Secretary-General's Good Offices team that mediated peace talks in Cyprus (2004, 2008).
Dr. Rob McLaughlin is a Professor of Law in the Australian National University (ANU) Law School. He researches, publishes, and teaches in the areas of Law of Armed Conflict, Law of the Sea, Maritime Security Law and Maritime Law Enforcement, and Military Law. Before moving into academia, Rob enjoyed a rewarding career in the Royal Australian Navy as a Seaman officer and a Legal officer. Consequently, his research interests are primarily focussed around issues of practical operational significance. His legal roles included as the Fleet Legal Officer, the Strategic Legal Adviser, as a Counsel Assisting the HMAS SYDNEY II Commission of Inquiry, Director Operations and International Law, and Director Naval Legal Service.
Dr. Bruce Oswald is a Professor and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. His interests in law and practice are in the areas of international humanitarian law, peace operations, state building, accountability and responsibility, and the application of human rights law to military operations. Ossie has served in the Australian Regular Army as a legal officer. He has seen operational service in Rwanda, the Former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. For his service as the Legal Officer for the Australian Contingent serving in Rwanda, Ossie was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC).
âList of Abbreviations
âNotes on Contributors
âForewordâRwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law
âLieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire
âIntroduction
âPhillip Drew, Jeremy Farrall, Rob McLaughlin, and Bruce Oswald
â1âRwandaâs Forgotten Years
âReconsidering the Role and Crimes of Akazu 1973â1993
âAndrew Wallis
â2âRwanda: the Political Failure of the UN Security Council
âAmbassador Colin Keating
â3âWilfully Blind: the Security Councilâs Response to Genocide in Rwanda
âTamsin Phillipa Paige
â4âUnderpowered and Mostly UnwantedA Short History of UNAMIR
âJean Bou
â5âRwanda Revisited: UNAMIR IIAustralian Reflections on the Mission and the Mandate
âLieutenant-General J.J. Frewen
â6âUNAMIR: a Deployed Legal Officerâs Retrospective
âBruce âOssieâ Oswald
â7âDo Not Intervene: UNAMIRâs Rules of Engagement from the Inside
âPhillip Drew and Major (retâd) Brent Beardsley
â8âDefining Genocide
âMelanie OâBrien
â9âRwanda, the Holocaust, and the Predictable Path to Genocide
âPhillip Drew
â10âMoral EquivalenceThe Story of Genocide Denial in Rwanda
âLinda Melvern
â11âGendering Rwanda Genocide and Post-Genocide
âAdam Jones
â12âThe ICTR and Its Contribution to the Revivification of International Criminal Law
âEmily Crawford
â13âPost-Genocide Justice in Rwanda
âM.A. Drumbl
â14âRwanda: Lessons Observed. Lessons Learned?
âJane Boulden
â15âSome Rules of Engagement Legacies of the
âReport of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
âRob McLaughlin
â16âRwanda and the RohingyaLearning the Wrong Lessons?
âDavid J. Simon
â17âHumanitarian Intervention and R2P
âStacey Henderson
âNotes on Contributors
âForewordâRwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law
âLieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire
âIntroduction
âPhillip Drew, Jeremy Farrall, Rob McLaughlin, and Bruce Oswald
Part 1: Rwanda, UNAMIR and the International Community
â1âRwandaâs Forgotten Years
âReconsidering the Role and Crimes of Akazu 1973â1993
âAndrew Wallis
â2âRwanda: the Political Failure of the UN Security Council
âAmbassador Colin Keating
â3âWilfully Blind: the Security Councilâs Response to Genocide in Rwanda
âTamsin Phillipa Paige
â4âUnderpowered and Mostly UnwantedA Short History of UNAMIR
âJean Bou
â5âRwanda Revisited: UNAMIR IIAustralian Reflections on the Mission and the Mandate
âLieutenant-General J.J. Frewen
â6âUNAMIR: a Deployed Legal Officerâs Retrospective
âBruce âOssieâ Oswald
â7âDo Not Intervene: UNAMIRâs Rules of Engagement from the Inside
âPhillip Drew and Major (retâd) Brent Beardsley
Part 2: The âGâ Word
â8âDefining Genocide
âMelanie OâBrien
â9âRwanda, the Holocaust, and the Predictable Path to Genocide
âPhillip Drew
â10âMoral EquivalenceThe Story of Genocide Denial in Rwanda
âLinda Melvern
â11âGendering Rwanda Genocide and Post-Genocide
âAdam Jones
Part 3: Prosecuting Genocide
â12âThe ICTR and Its Contribution to the Revivification of International Criminal Law
âEmily Crawford
â13âPost-Genocide Justice in Rwanda
âM.A. Drumbl
Part 4: Rwandaâs Legacy
â14âRwanda: Lessons Observed. Lessons Learned?
âJane Boulden
â15âSome Rules of Engagement Legacies of the
âReport of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
âRob McLaughlin
â16âRwanda and the RohingyaLearning the Wrong Lessons?
âDavid J. Simon
â17âHumanitarian Intervention and R2P
âStacey Henderson
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