Rwanda Genocide
Perpetrators
 When: April 6, 1994 – July 15, 1994
 Who: Hutu-led government and Hutu extremists
Theoneste Bagosora
(1941-present)
Chief of Staff, Ministry of Defense
Established Interahamwe Militia
Interahamwe Militia
(1990-present)
Hutu Militia Extremists
Radio Television Libre des
Milles Collines (RTLM)
(1993-1994)
Popular Hutu-led Radio Station
Victims
 Dead: 800,000 dead in 100 days (8,000 per day)
 Causes: Machete, and to a lesser extent, firearms
 Targets: Tutsi Minority Ethnic People, Moderate Hutus
 Refugees: 550,000 refugees and 350,000 internally
displaced people
End of the Conflict
Summary of Genocide - Timeline
April 6, 1994:
Rwandan president’s
plane shot down.
Official start of
genocide.
April 19, 1994: Human
Rights Watch claims more
than 100,000 people
killed in Rwanda.
April 28, 1994: Oxfam
counts 500,000 people dead.
July 15, 1994: RPF
captures the capital, 2
million Hutu civilians and
government reps flee.
April
1994
April 7, 1994: Rwandan
Forces (FAR) set up
roadblocks, killing
moderate Hutu and
ethnic Tutsi.
10 Belgian peacekeepers
murdered, sparking the
withdrawal of foreigners
living in Rwanda.
July
1994
April 21, 1994: United
Nations Security Counsel
reduces UNAMIR
peacekeeping forces to
270 military personnel.
June 22, 1994: United
Nations Security Counsel
sends French forces to
create safe zones.
What’s Happened Since?
 November 8, 1994: United Nations Security Counsil
resolution creates the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda (ICTR).
 December 1995: ICTR announces first indictments against
eight suspects, charging them with genocide and crimes
against humanity.
 December 1, 1996: Start of national genocide trials in the
Gacaca Courts.
 May 4, 2012: Gacaca Courts officially close after trying more
than 2 million cases.
Resources
 Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/africa/rwanda
 Human Rights Watch report “Rwanda: Justice After Genocide –
20 Years On”: http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/03/28/rwanda-justice-aftergenocide-20-years
 Outreach Program on the Rwanda Genocide and the United
Nations: http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/about/about.shtml
 BBC article “Rwanda Genocide: 100 days of Slaughter”:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26875506
 “Sometimes in April” film: http://vimeo.com/25283728
 “Sweet Dreams” film: http://www.sweetdreamsrwanda.com/