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7 Crim. L.F. 523 (1996)
Justice, Democracy, and Impunity in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Searching for Solutions to Impossible Problems

handle is hein.journals/crimlfm7 and id is 523 raw text is: Vol. 7 No. 3 (1996) Justice, Democracy, and Impunity in Post-genocide Rwanda: Searching for Solutions to Impossible Problems William A. Schabas* THE CHALLENGE TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE In the weeks following the assassination of Rwandan President Juvdnal Habyarimana, somewhere between 500,000 and 1 million people were massacred in a genocide directed against the country's Tutsi ethnic minority as well as moderate Hutus.' Violence aimed at the Tutsis, who are said to represent approximately 15 percent of Rwanda's population, has been a recurring theme since decolonization, at the close of the 1950s. In the 1960s and early 1970s ethnic violence provoked the departure of waves of Tutsis, many of whom established themselves in Ugandan camps, while others emigrated to countries in Europe, North Professor and Chair, Ddpartement des sciences juridiques, Universite du Quebec h Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; B.A., University of Toronto 1972; M.A., University of Toronto 1973; LL.B., Universite de Montrdal 1983; LL.M., Universiti de Montral 1990; LL.D., Universite de Montrial 1993. 1 Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Rwanda Submitted by Reni Degni- Sigui, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, under Paragraph 20 of Commission Resolution 5-3/1 of25 May 1994, at 24, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1995/7 (1994). 523

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