The Security Council in the Face of Genocide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12735554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Melvern (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 847-860 |
| Publication date | 2005-08-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-1395 • E-ISSN: 1478-1387 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jicj/mqi065 |
| OpenAlex | W2138669594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The genocide in Rwanda will define for our generation the failure to intervene in the face of mass human rights abuses. The UN Security Council (the Council) was intimately involved in this terrible event, with the decisions it took from October 1993, when a peacekeeping mission was created for Rwanda, having a decisive effect on what happened. This article details the crucial meetings held by the Council in secret and informal sessions and describes how a serious assessment of the situation in Rwanda was simply missing. It shows how the peacekeepers of the Council's mission to Rwanda were abandoned during the genocide and how the efforts of these UN personnel to ease the suffering of the Rwandan people were ignored by the Great Powers
Criminology · Face (sociological concept · Genocide · Human rights · Peacekeeping · Political science · Politics · Security council · Social science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |