Question: Dissertation title:
Western failure to Prevent Genocide,
The UN and the International Community in Rwanda.
Department of Law, Oxford University.
Answer: The central aim of this dissertation will be to critically examine the genocide in Rwanda with particular emphasis on the obligation to prevent genocide contained within Article 1 of the United Nations Convention of the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide 1948. Article 1 provides that; “The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish”. This obligation will be applied to the Genocide in Rwanda with a contextual legal framework surrounding the International Community and their pledge of ‘never again’, enshrined within the Convention, to prevent genocide. Additionally, the UN will be scrutinised to see how they both dealt with the......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 71% | Course: Human Rights Law | Year: 2nd/3rd | Words: 10988 | References: Yes | Date written: April, 2010 | Date submitted: January 22, 2011 | Coursework ID: 636
