No genocide ever ends well, when you murder so many innocent people it's impossible for it to end with a good outcome. The Rwandan genocide was no exception. 3/4 of the Tutsi population was extinguished, and not much was done to stop it. The outside world knew what was happening in Rwanda but everyone choose not to acknowledge it, believing that a government that is guilty of killing it's own citizens didn't deserve international help. If the Tutsi's wanted saving they were going to have to do it themselves. So the Tutsi's led a Rwandanese Patriotic Front, RPF, that slowly gained control of the country in early July. The main genocide finally ended when this RPF defeated the perpetrator regime and president Kagame took control. ("Genocide", 2015) At this point the U.N Security Council decided to send in a helpful force of more than 5,000 troops but by the time they arrived in Rwanda the genocide had been over for months.
To try and rectify the fact that they didn't help with the initial genocide the U.N sent in the Assistance Mission for Rwanda and it remained there until March 1996. The UNAMIR is still one of the largest humanitarian relief efforts in history. ("Rwandan", 2015) Then in 1995 the ICR began indicting and trying the higher ranking people in Rwanda for their role in the genocide, this was a hard process because no one knew where many of the suspects were. ("Rwandan", 2015) Eventually more than 120,000 people were detained and accused of participating in the killings of the genocide. ("Background Information", 2014)
Even though this people were punished for their crime many people were heavy impacted by the genocide and are still suffering from the aftermath. Those who were children during the genocide suffered the most. At least 95,000 children were orphaned during the genocide and many of them still face challenges today. Even though the initial genocide ended in late 1994, conflict between the two groups still continues today. ("Start a Genocide", 2011 )
To try and rectify the fact that they didn't help with the initial genocide the U.N sent in the Assistance Mission for Rwanda and it remained there until March 1996. The UNAMIR is still one of the largest humanitarian relief efforts in history. ("Rwandan", 2015) Then in 1995 the ICR began indicting and trying the higher ranking people in Rwanda for their role in the genocide, this was a hard process because no one knew where many of the suspects were. ("Rwandan", 2015) Eventually more than 120,000 people were detained and accused of participating in the killings of the genocide. ("Background Information", 2014)
Even though this people were punished for their crime many people were heavy impacted by the genocide and are still suffering from the aftermath. Those who were children during the genocide suffered the most. At least 95,000 children were orphaned during the genocide and many of them still face challenges today. Even though the initial genocide ended in late 1994, conflict between the two groups still continues today. ("Start a Genocide", 2011 )
Video (Freedman, 2014)