Britannia waived the rules
The Major government and the 1994 Rwandan genocide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6025170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Melvern (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 410 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/afraf/adh002 |
| OpenAlex | W2101493946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Ten years after the 1994 Rwandan genocide occurred, serious questions remain about the circumstances of the British government's response. This article critically evaluates the response of John Major's government to the genocide. It does so in four stages. The first section provides a brief overview of the Major government's international agenda in 1994, focusing on British policy towards the war in Bosnia and the African continent in general. The second section deals with the substance of Britain's Rwanda policy, while the third discusses the ways in which this policy has been almost totally omitted from mainstream accounts of this period. The final section provides a critical evaluation of some of the tactics that British officials employed to avert criticism of their government's policies. Based on the evidence presented we conclude that the British government displayed a deeply troubling indifference towards the victims of Rwanda's genocide.
Criticism · Genocide · Government (linguistics) · Mainstream · Political science · Section (typography) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0.35 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |