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Remembering Rwanda
Take part in the Rwanda Commemoration Project
2004-03-18, Issue 148
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/rwanda/20957
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April 7, 2004 marks ten years since the beginning of the Rwandan genocide, when nearly a million people were killed in ninety days while the international community largely stood by. In response, the Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law has launched the Rwanda Commemoration Project: Genocide in Our Time, an international initiative that seeks to raise awareness of this anniversary and the important lessons of the tragic events in Rwanda.
TAKE PART IN THE RWANDA COMMEMORATION PROJECT
Sponsored by Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law
April 7, 2004 marks ten years since the beginning of the Rwandan
genocide, when nearly a million people were killed in ninety days
while the international community largely stood by.
In response, the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at
American University Washington College of Law has launched the Rwanda
Commemoration Project: Genocide in Our Time, an international
initiative that seeks to raise awareness of this anniversary and the
important lessons of the tragic events in Rwanda. The Project's
approach is to encourage people both to look back at what led to the
genocide in Rwanda and to look forward to prevent looming genocide
around the world today. To that extent, the Center, with the
cooperation of faculty and students, has produced an 8-page resource
booklet to encourage law schools, universities, high schools, NGOs,
community groups and religious organizations to plan programming to
mark the 10th anniversary of these heinous acts. The booklet,
hauntingly illustrated with drawings by child survivors of the
Genocide, provides a short background of the Genocide and a range of
ideas for commemorative actions, substantive programs and outreach
activities. Also included are a short bibliography of books,
articles, films and traveling photo exhibits, website links and a
sample day of programming.
In addition to the resources available in the booklet, the Center's
website (www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center) has an expanded
bibliography, an event planning worksheet, a sample press release and
a variety of poems, readings and other materials to help make
planning an activity as easy as possible.
Please join schools, community groups and individuals around the
world to mark this important anniversary. While the United Nations
has declared April 7, 2004 to be "International Day of Reflection on
the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda," commemorative programs can be held at
any time.
Electronic copies of the booklet can be downloaded from the Center's
website at www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center . Hard copies are
available free of charge and can be requested by email at
Rwanda@wcl.american.edu