Reports:
Leave None to Tell the Story (March 1, 1999)
This 800-page account of the genocide and of the events which preceded and succeeded it was published jointly by Human Rights Watch and the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) in 1999. It has become one of the main reference books on the Rwandan genocide.
https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/03/01/leave-none-tell-story
Justice Compromised (May 31, 2011)
This report analyzes Rwanda's community-based gacaca courts set up to try hundreds of thousands of people accused of involvement in the genocide. Recognizing the enormous challenge the country faced in processing such a huge number of cases, the report assesses the courts' achievements and outlines a number of concerns relating, in particular, to cases of unfair trial.,.
https://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/05/31/justice-compromised-0
Law and Reality (July 26, 1998)
This report examines changes to the judicial system between 2004 and 2008. It documents important legal reforms including the abolition of capital punishment, and identifies continuing areas of concern, relating, in particular, to the lack of independence of the judiciary and the failure to ensure basic fair trial standards.
https://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/07/25/law-and-reality
Multimedia:
http://mm.hrw.org/content/remembering-rwanda-20th-anniversary-genocide
Other documents:
Rwanda World Report chapter 2014 (January 2014)
This document provides an overview of the main human rights developments in 2013.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/rwanda
Rwanda: Lessons Learned: Ten Years After the Genocide (March 29, 2004)
This briefing paper was released on the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and outlines some lessons learnt.
https://www.hrw.org/legacy/english/docs/2004/03/29/rwanda8308_txt.htm
Rwanda: Documents Shed New Light on Genocide Planning (April 8, 2006)
This briefing paper, published in 2006, draws on previously unpublished documents to describe how the genocide was planned in the months before the killings began in April 1994.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2006/04/07/rwanda-documents-shed-new-light-genocide-planning
Joint Letter to French President Hollande on Restricting the Use of the Veto (March 13, 2014)
This joint letter by six human rights organizations welcomes France’s leadership in calling on the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council to adopt a ‘code of conduct’ agreeing to voluntarily refrain from using the veto in situations of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. The letter urges France to increase its efforts to define how the code of conduct would work and to build support for restraint of the use of the veto amongst permanent members of the Security Council, and the broader UN membership.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/03/13/joint-letter-french-president-hollande-restricting-use-veto
