Abstract: The study examines the “United Nations and International Conflict Resolution in Rwanda, 1990-2010: A Historical Perspective”. We empirically approached this study, using the case study approach, which is a traditional descriptive methodology. We traced the historical background of the Rwandan conflict and also made statement of the problem, in which we unraveled the problems associated with the conflict. We took an in-depth study of all persons that testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as they represented the three ethnic groups in Rwanda (Tutsi, Hutu and Twa). We presented the evidence associated with the conflict, validated our hypothesis and analyzed the three Case Studies One, Two and Three. In our literature review, we examined the works of different scholars on conflict resolution and management and the various Charter of the United Nations. Our findings revealed that the RPF launched its attack in October, 1990, which provoked and legitimized, in the minds of many Rwanda-based Hutu, the extremist sentiments and retaliatory killings during the early 1990s. The RPF invasion in 1994 created conditions in which the Hutu extremists were able to manipulate the fear and confusion of the Hutu peasants to significantly escalate the scope of the killings. The study concluded that the conflict in Rwanda degenerated to genocide and other serious crimes against humanity where nearly one million persons were killed because the strategies employed by the U.N. to resolve the conflict were hampered by the presence of interested colomalist and imperialist interest.
Keywords: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Rwanda (Tutsi, Hutu and Twa).
Title: Rwanda, 1990-2013: Politico-Legal Examinations and Strategies
Author: MALACHI ELISHA BROWN
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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