Rwandan Genocide Flashcards
What does ‘Genocide’ mean?
In Greek ‘geno’ means race/clan and ‘cide’ means killing.
What did Churchill mean by ‘a crime without a name’?
as the killing of one person is murder, multiple is a massacre, millions is something different.
Why could the term de-nationalization not be used to describe the slaughter of an entire race of people?
De-nationalization does not connote biological destruction.
Why must genocide be considered an international crime?
It is a crime of international importance and without international intervention, the crime would go unpunished.
What did the UN adopt on Dec. 9, 1948?
International laws to prevent and punish genocide.
According to the UN Convention on genocide, who could be charged for the crime of genocide?
Any person who takes part in any crime outlined in Act 3 of the UN Convention genocide.
Rwanda was a colony first of Germany then Belgium. What did the Belgiums introduce as a means to classify people?
Identity Cards
Which group of people in Rwanda did the Belgians consider to be the superior people?
Tutsis
What percentage of the Rwandan population were Hutu and Tutsi?
Hutu = 75% and Tutsis = 20%
What benefits did the Tutsis recieved owing to their preference by the Belgians?
Administrative, political, economic, and educational means.
How were the Hutus and Tutsis physically different? How were they similar?
Tutsis are tall and thin, Hutus have broad noses
In what year did Rwanda gain its independence from Belgium?
1962
What were the principle products sold by Rwanda to the world?
Coffee
Following independence, the Tutsis minority were not able to maintain their control over the country and the majority of Hutus seized power. This seizure of power by Hutus led to the deaths of almost 20,000 Tutsis. What did many Tutsis do following the outbreak of violence?
Tutsis migrated out of Rwanda to neighbouring countries.
In neighbouring Burundi, what happened to the ruling Hutus in the years 1965-1972?
The Tutsis succeeded in retaining dominance, Tutsis killed a few hundred thousand of the Hutus,
