Rwanda: Politics, Human Rights, & Conflict Resolution
- African Human Rights Resource Center (Makerere University Human Rights & Peace Center, Uganda; University of Minnesota Human Rights Center & Human Rights Library, Minneapolis)
- This is a collection of general & Africa-related human rights documents and links to other sites.
- Home Page for Africa
- UN document on the Rules & Procedures of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 1995
- This is a collection of general & Africa-related human rights documents and links to other sites.
- African Peer Review Mechanism on Rwanda, see below: UN Economic Commission on Africa
- African Union--Organization of African Unity Report on Rwanda (2000)
- Amnesty International sur le Rwanda--Profile and Updates (New York and Washington, DC)
- BBC News on Rwanda (British Broadcasting Corporation News, London, UK)
- BBC Profile on Rwanda (2024)
- "Rwanda court backs scrapping presidential term limits" (Oct. 5, 2015)
- Rwanda Genocide: Ten Years On (2004)
- Rwanda's candidates in quotes (August 22, 2003) -- elections and related stories.-- Voir ci-dessous: Mission d'observation electorale de l'Union européenne en août 2003
- Text of Democratic Republic of Congo -- Rwanda Peace Deal (July 31, 2002) and related stories.
- Center for Strategic and International Studies on Rwanda (Washington, DC)
- CLADHO--Collectif des Ligues et Associations de Defense des Droits de l'Homme au Rwanda (Kigali)"CLADHO is a network of 12 human rights organizations...Founded in May 1993 with the mission to protect, defend and promote human rights. It focuses on social and economic rights, especially in child protection, social security, labor law, budget analysis and advocacy."
--See especially: Laws -and- Policies
--Domestic workers baseline survey focusing on child domestic workers and employers in Rwanda. (July 2015) --via IDAY and Invisible Workers, Brussels, Belgium. - CLIO en Afrique: "Interprétations du génocide de 1994 dans l'histoire contemporaine du Rwanda" par Jean-Pierre Chrétien. Numéro 2, été 1997. (Université de Provence, Aix-Marseille I, France)
- Commission d'Enquête Citoyenne pour la vérité sur l'implication française dans le génocide (France)
- Rapports du Rwanda, de la Belgique, de la France, d'ONG et d'institutions internationales
- Génocide au Rwanda: Bibliographie (2009)
- Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda
- Constitute Project (Austin, Texas): Rwanda's Constitution of 2003 With Amendments Through 2015 56 pages in PDF format
- Constitution of Rwanda, 1991 (Axel Tschentscher, International Constitutional Law, Universität Bern, Switzerland)
- Elections 2024, 2017 and earlier in Rwanda
- African Elections Project (Accra, Ghana): "Kagame wins Rwanda vote in landslide," July 16, 2024 ; Rwandans vote in presidential election that's set to extend 30-year rule." July 15, 2024.
- East African. (Nairobi, Kenya): "Rwandans vote 'smoothly' in election expected to extend Kagame's rule," July 15, 2024.
- IFES Election Guide on Rwanda, 2024 (International Fourndation for Electoral Systems, Arlington, Virginia)
- National Electoral Commission, 2024 (Kigali)
- The New Times (Kigali): Elections (2024)
- Political parties and presidential candidates in 2024:
-- Front Patriotique Rwandais et le candidat Paul Kagame (Président en exercice);
Rwanda Green Democrats (2024), led by Frank Habineza;
and, independent Philippe Mpayimana - 2017 and earlier
- BBC News (London, UK): "Rwandan elections", August 3, 2017
- Consultative Forum for Political Parties in Rwanda = Forum de concertation des formations politiques au Rwanda (Kigali)
- The East African. (Nairobi, Kenya): "Kagame wins Rwanda election with 98pc of votes," August 5, 2017 ; "As RPF draws crowds, Greens and the independents face empty venues," July 24, 2017
- Political parties and presidential candidates in 2017:-- Front Patriotique Rwandais et le candidat Paul Kagame (Président en exercice)
-- Global Greens and Frank Habineza (2017)
-- The East African. (Nairobi, Kenya): "Diane Rwigara joins race for Rwanda presidency," May 3, 2017 ; "Ex-journalist (Phillipe Mpayimana) to face President Kagame in poll," February 6, 2017 - BBC News: "Rwanda's Kagame celebrates early poll results," August 10, 2010 and related articles. (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
- RFI sur les élections au Rwanda: "Rwanda: début de la campaigne..." en juillet-août 2010. (Radio France Internationale, Paris)
- Rwanda News Agency = Agence rwandaise d'information: 2010 Elections (Kigali)
- BBC News (London, UK): "Rwandan elections", August 3, 2017
- A Forseeable Genocide: The Role of the French Government (2021) Commissioned by the Government of Rwanda.
--See below
- France. Commission de recherche sur les archives francaises relatives au Rwanda et au génocide des Tutsi. (Paris)
La France, le Rwanda et le génocide des Tutsi (1990-1994). Rapport remis au Président de la République, le 26 mars 2021
992 pages en format PDF. - France. Parlement (1946-). Assemblée Nationale: Mission d'information sur le Rwanda, 1998 (1999) (Paris)Format PDF ou format RTF "zippe": Le rapport et les auditions de la mission d'information de la commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées et de la commission des affaires étrangères, sur les opérations militaires menées par la France, d'autres pays et l'ONU au Rwanda entre 1990 et 1994.
- Genocide Archive of Rwanda (Kigali Memorial Center, Kigali, Rwanda; Human Rights Documentation Initiative, University of Texas Libraries, Austin, Texas)The web site features information about the project, sample interview transcripts and videos. "The Genocide Archive of Rwanda is a collaborative project of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, Aegis Trust, and Rwanda’s National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide to document the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi."
--See also: Voices of Rwanda below. - Gouvernement du Rwanda -- Site Officiel (Voir Republic of Rwanda ci-dessous)
- Un livre d'André Guichaoua: "Rwanda de la guerre au génocide: les politiques criminelles au Rwanda (1990-1994)" -- Extraits du livre et les annexes (Éditions La Découverte, Paris, France)
- Hirondelle Foundation = Fondation Hirondelle: Agence d'Information, de documentation et de formation (AIDF) auprès du Tribunal Pénal international pour le Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzanie. (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- JusticeInfo.net (Hirondelle News Agency)Current and archived news from Kigali and Arusha in French and English.
- Fondation Hirondelle -- Page d'accueil
- JusticeInfo.net (Hirondelle News Agency)
- Human Rights Watch on Rwanda (New York & Washington, DC)
- HRW on Rwanda: latest news and reports
- "Rwanda: genocide archives released." (April 2, 2024)
- "'Join Us or Die': Rwanda's extraterritorial repression." (October 10, 2023)
- "'As Long as We Live on the Streets, They Will Beat Us' : Rwanda’s abusive detention of children." (January 27, 2020)
- "Rwanda: 25 Years On, Solidarity with Victims."(April 4, 2019)
- "Rwanda: Government Repression in Land Cases." (March 31, 2017)
- Justice compromised: the legacy of Rwanda's community-based Gacaca courts. (May 31, 2011)
- Rwanda: Silencing Dissent Ahead of Elections. (August 2, 2010)
- Genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity: a digest of the case law of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. (January 2010) -- New York : HRW, 2010. 522 pages in PDF format
- "Law and reality: progress in judicial reform in Rwanda." (July 25, 2008) -- New York ;
Washington, DC: HRW, 2008. (French version en format PDF) - "Struggling to survive: barriers to justice for rape victims in Rwanda." (September 29, 2004) Human Rights Watch report; vol. 16, no. 10(A) -- New York ; Washington, DC: HRW, 2004. (French version en format PDF)
- Genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity: topical digests of the case law of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. February 2004. Compiled by the International Justice Program, Human Rights Watch. By Jennifer Trahan et al. -- New York ; Washington, DC : HRW, 2004. (HTML and PDF formats)
- Rwanda, 2002. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2003. (Online).
- Rwanda, 2001. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2002. (Online).
- Uprooting the rural poor in Rwanda (May 2001). -- New York: Human Rights Watch, 2001.
- Rwanda: de la recherche de la sécurité aux abus des droits de l'homme (2001) -- New York: Human Rights Watch, 2001.
- Rwanda, 2000. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2001. (Online).
- Rwanda, 1999. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2000. (Online).
- Rwanda: the search for security and human rights abuses, April 2000= Rwanda: de la recherche de la sécurité aux abus des droits de l'homme. (Online) Human Rights Watch reports. Vol. 12, no. 1(A)
- "Leave none to tell the story: genocide in Rwanda." (March 1999) Written by Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges -- New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, c1999.
- Rwanda, 1998-99 In Human Rights Watch World Report 1999. (Online).
- Rwanda, 1997-98 In Human Rights Watch World Report 1998. (Online).
- "Shattered lives: Sexual Violence during the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath." (1996)
- Initiatives for Peace and Human Rights (Kigali, Rwanda)"To equip communities and individuals living in Rwanda, and in the Great Lakes region at large with necessary human rights and good governance skills and knowledge to build a global culture of peace."
- Inkiko-Gacaca : National Service of Gacaca Jurisdications = Service nationale des jurisdictions gacaca Official Site (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: Internally displaced persons -- Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region Norwegian Refugee Council (Geneva, Switzerland)For each country in the IDP survey, the document collection includes an overall summary, population figures, social indicators, and some analyses.
--See also: Rwanda (2012) - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda = Tribunal Penal International Pour le Rwanda....plus "Verdicts on the Crime of Genocide" (ICTR Internet Task Force; via The United Nations)
- News and documents relating to the tribunal's mandate and activities in Arusha, Tanzania.
- Bi-lingual UN supplemental site: "Verdicts on the Crime of Genocide" which includes: press releases and radio news
- International Crisis Group on Rwanda (Washington, DC ; Brussels, Belgium)
- "The ICG is a private, multinational organisation committed to strengthening the capacity of the international community to understand and respond to impending crises. ICG's approach is grounded in field research ... and advocacy."
- "Averting Proxy Wars in the Eastern DR Congo and Great Lakes." January 2020.
- "The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Time for Pragmatism," September 2003.
- "End the Transition in Rwanda: A Necessary Political Liberalization," November 2002.
- International Development Research Centre: The Media and the Rwanda Genocide (2007). Edited by Allan Thompson. (Ottawa, Canada) IDRC online book. 480 pages in HTML format.
- International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region = Réseau documentaire international sur la région des Grands Lacs africains Réseau Grands Lacs Africains (via Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland)
- NOTE: For best results, select Categories and Keywords; do not try to use "Fulltext" search. The website is in French or in English consisting of an archive of documents from governments, local and international NGOs, scholars, and other individuals from the early 1990s to 2009.
- International Peace Institute: Civil society and democratic transitions in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda (April 2005) by Mashood Issaka and Batabiha Bushoki. -- New York: International Peace Academy, 2005. [PDF format]
--See also: IPI Home Page
- Internews Reports on Rwanda (via Internews Network, Inc., Arcata, California; in cooperation with Fondation Hirondelle, Switzerland)Current and back issue reports on Rwanda and the International War Crimes Tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania. 'Internews is a non-profit organization (formed in 1982) which assists small, non-governmental media organizations in emerging democracies and supports the use of the media as a tool to reduce conflict within and between countries.'
- Interpeace on Rwanda (Geneva, Switzerland)This site features publications on Rwandan peacebuilding efforts between 2008 and 2011. "We were created by the United Nations in 1994. We became an independent organization in 2000 while maintaining a unique partnership with the UN. As a result, we operate either as an independent NGO or as a UN initiative. Interpeace is headquartered in Geneva (Switzerland) and has offices in Brussels (Belgium), Guatemala City (Guatemala), Nairobi (Kenya) and New York (USA)."
- Journal of Humanitarian Assistance. (Online)--Rwanda articles (Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts)This online journal contains many articles on Africa, especially the Great Lakes Region.
- Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre (Rwanda)"The Centre in Kigali was created by a joint partnership of the Kigali City Council and the UK-based Aegis Trust." The web site includes background and program information; plus, a documentation centre and gacaca archive are currently under construction.
- The Media and the Rwanda Genocide. (See International Development Research Centre above)
- The Mutsinzi Report (April 2009): A Media Guide to the Committee of Experts Investigation of the
April 6, 1994 Crash of President Habyarimana's Dassault Falcon 50 Aircraft (Republic of Rwanda, Kigali)The official report and media kit in Kinyarwanda, English, or French, with accompanying video. - National Security Archive: "The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: Information, Intelligence and the U.S. Response." (March 24, 2004) By William Ferroggiaro. Electronic Briefing Books. (George Washington University, Washington, DC)
- Republic of Rwanda, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (See below)
- Organization of African Unity/African Union: Rwanda: the preventable genocide (2000): Report of the International Panel of Eminent Personalities to Investigate the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda and the Surrounding Events, July 7, 2000. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: OAU, 2000. --via RefWorld ; 293 pages in PDF format
--See also: Executive Summary (2000) --via Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa ; 14 pages in PDF format - PBS Frontline Programs on Rwanda (PBS Online and WGBH, Boston)
- "Ghosts of Rwanda" (2004)The website for the PBS television program (2 hours) about reflections on the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. The site provides excerpted interviews, links & readings, a teachers' guide, etc.
- "The Triumph of Evil"--"How the West ignored warnings of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide..."This web site contains further readings, graphic and disturbing images, full text interviews and other documents supplementing the 1999 documentary on the policies of the United Nations, the United States, and Belgium before and at the time of the genocide. The role of French policies is more prominent in the texts.
- "Valentina's Nightmare: a journey into the Rwanda genocide"A collection of photographs, texts, and sound files supplementing a 1996 episode of the PBS television series "Frontline". Note: Most of the images are graphic and very disturbing.
- "Ghosts of Rwanda" (2004)
- PeaceLink for Africa Report: Goma and Bukavu Region, January 1997 (PeaceLink, Italy)
- Physicians for Human Rights -- Rwanda (Boston, Massachusetts)"[Founded in 1986] Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is an organization of health professionals, scientists, and concerned citizens that uses the knowledge and skills of the medical and forensic sciences to investigate and prevent violations of international human rights and humanitarian law."
- The Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting 2005: "Rwanda: The Legacy of Hate" by Dele Olojede, Newsday, May 2004 (The Pulitzer Board, Columbia University, New York)
- Theory and Practice of Reconciliation in Rwanda. by Marcus Grohmann (2009) Bayreuth African Studies working papers; no. 5. (January 2009) -- Bayreuth, Germany: Universität Bayreuth, 2009. 61 pages in PDF format
- REDRESS on Rwanda (London, UK)This site features program news and position papers on torture and 'justice for survivors'. "...a human rights organisation that helps torture survivors obtain justice and reparation. REDRESS works with survivors to help restore their dignity and to make torturers accountable."
- Republic of Rwanda -- Official Website (Kigali, Rwanda)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- NURC: National Unity and Reconciliation Commission Created in 1999
--See especially: Documents - A Forseeable Genocide: The Role of the French Government in Connection with the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. (April 19, 2021) 628 pages in PDF format. (Commissioned by the Government of Rwanda and submitted by the law firm of Levy Firestone Muse, LLP, Washington, DC, USA)
- Office of the Prime Minister
- Supreme Court
See also:
- République du Rwanda: Parlement = Parliament = Inteko Ishinga Amategeko (Kigali)
- Rwanda 1994, Génocide (Michel Ognier, via Pages Perso Wanadoo, France Télécom Interactive)Sur ce site, un écrivain belge offre une histoire du Rwanda et un bilan quatre ans après le génocide. Il y a aussi cinq animations interactives (il faut télécharger Shockwave) "Pour tenter de comprendre rappeler l'état de nos présomptions de nos doûtes; pour éviter l'oubli et la banalisation; pour piéger les mobiles de l'horreur... (à l'invitation de l'auteur) Il s'agit d'un travail entamé où chacun est le bienvenu pour affiner les analyses, donner un point de vue, témoigner, proposer de nouveaux champs de recherche, des documents, des photos..."
- The Rwanda Documents Project (Prof. Peter Erlinder, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota)A searchable archive of documents, exhibits, and reports (with legal commentary) from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda---selected by a former defense attorney at the ICTR.
--For more comprehensive coverage, see ICTR ; International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region ; and, UN Agencies below. - United Nations Agencies on Rwanda
- UNECA--United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- African Peer Review Mechanism -- Summary of Sytnthesis Report (2010) (United Nations Economic Commission on Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)A brief summary of the APRM review on democracy, governance, economic growth, and poverty reduction in Rwanda...Benin, Ghana, and Uganda.
- UNECA Governance Program Publications--Search for "Rwanda"
- African Peer Review Mechanism -- Summary of Sytnthesis Report (2010) (United Nations Economic Commission on Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda (April 7, 2004)
- UN Security Council (New York): Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations During The 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, 15 December 1999
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Rwanda Profile and Reports, 2002- (Geneva, Switzerland)
- UN Peacekeeping Operations in Rwanda and Uganda/Rwanda, 1993-1996
- UN Rwanda Emergency Office, Kigali (via University of Pennsylvania)
- August 1994:
- September 1994:
- October 1994:
- November 1994:
- UNECA--United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- United States. Department of State: Rwanda Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
--Search by country for years: 1996-1999 -and- 1999-2015 - United States Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda (U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC)
- United States Institute of Peace: "Postgenocidal reconstruction: building peace in Rwanda and Burundi" (Sept. 1999) by John Prendergast and David Smock. (Washington, DC) --via ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Voices of Rwanda (Kigali, Rwanda; USA)The web site offers a description of the project, sample video testimonies from Rwandan genocide survivors, and related information. "Voices of Rwanda recognizes Rwandans’ need to share their stories and the value of their histories for all people. Toward that end, Voices of Rwanda has begun a campaign to film testimonies of Rwandans and to archive them, in both Rwanda and the United States."