From the UN News Centre

ICC prosecutor pushes for arrest of rebel leaders wanted for DR Congo crimes

UN tribunal for Rwandan genocide commutes convicts’ life sentence on appeal

UN genocide tribunal in Rwanda swears-in judges selected to finish its work

UN tribunal dismisses genocide suspect’s bid to have transfer to Rwanda stayed

From the UN Press Releases

World Embraces Responsibility to Protect - Not Because It Is Easy, But Because It Is Right, Deputy Secretary-General Says on Anniversary of Rwanda Genocide - 12 April

Impunity Must Become ‘a Relic of the Past’, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for Eighteenth Anniversary of Rwanda Genocide - 11 April

United Nations to Commemorate 1994 Rwanda Genocide at Headquarters, under Theme ‘Rebuilding Rwanda: Reconciliation and Education’ - 6 April

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Background to the News

The International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda - April 2004

The world reflects on Rwanda genocide, Africa Recovery, April 2004

OAU sets inquiry into Rwanda genocide, Africa Recovery, August 1998

Documents

General Assembly resolution A/RES/58/234

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO THE ACTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS DURING THE 1994 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA

Resolution 918 (1994)

Resolution 935 (1994)

Treaties on War crimes, and crimes against humanity, including genocide

Convention on Punishment of Genocide

SG report on the fall of Srebrenica (pdf)

Peacemaking

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR RWANDA, UNAMIR (10/93-3/96)


UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSION UGANDA-RWANDA, UNOMUR (6/93 - 10/94)

 

UN Bodies & Offices

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)

Department of Political Affairs (DPA)

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Security Council Committee