Genocide: Additional Research Links
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A film about the Rwandan genocide called “Shooting Dogs” had its world premiere in Kigali on March 27, 2006. Get more information here.
Washington D.C.’s African-American weekly The Washington Informer recently interviewed Paul Rusesabagina, the inspiration for the movie “Hotel Rwanda” and author of the new book An Ordinary Man. An ordinary man—with an extraordinary story. The Open Democracy network offers an analysis that compares non-violent action to military solutions in contemporary violent conflicts. A recent New Internationalist issue entitled “Justice after Genocide” includes an article about the conflicted history of genocide in Armenia, Cambodia, Guatemala, East Timor, and Japan. Click here for some additional resource links for organizations working in the field of international justice, genocide, and human rights provided by the New Internationalist magazine. The International Center for Transitional Justice is a human rights organization that assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. The home page of their Web site can be found here. The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization, with over 110 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. A group called International Peacebuilders aims to strengthen the worldwide nonviolent movement for social justice and peace by providing a forum for communication, networking, training, and evaluation. The Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping is an effort spearheaded by non-governmental organizations to share information and resources on building peacekeeping capacities. The Open Society Justice Initiative works with local human rights groups to build a series of cases documenting violations of international humanitarian law that may be forwarded to the International Criminal Court. Read UN General Assembly reports on the Prevention of Conflict for 2001 and 2003. Look at a report from the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Armed Conflict. To demonstrate the relevance of the International Criminal Court to the crime of genocide, check out a fact sheet entitled “Deterring Future Genocides: The International Criminal Court.” For the main English site for the International Criminal Court, click here. The UN Development Programme’s Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Recovery “develops and shares innovative approaches to conflict prevention and peace building, disaster mitigation and post-crisis recovery.” Visit their Web site. Read the 2005 UN Human Development Report chapter on violent conflict. The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy has developed a unique focus of expertise on the most dangerous and intractable human rights challenges of the new century, including genocide and mass atrocity. Look at this page for links to news and working papers. The Committee on Conscience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum looks at current and potential genocides. Visit their main Web site, featuring regular “Voices on Genocide Prevention” podcasts. You can find work being done on conflict prevention at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Read a fascinating report on the Srebrenica massacre from the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation. The International Peace Research Institute in Oslo is dedicated to research that concentrates on the driving forces behind violent conflict and on ways in which peace can be built, maintained, and spread. Visit their main page. The U.S. Institute of Peace has a center devoted to conflict analysis and prevention. The Carter Center’s program on International Conflict Resolution and Management monitors many of the world’s armed conflicts in an attempt to better understand their histories, the primary actors involved, disputed issues, and efforts being made to resolve them. Find more information here.  PERSPECTIVES HOMEPAGE: PREVENTING GENOCIDE
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