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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463018803321

Autore

Cameron Hazel

Titolo

Britain's hidden role in the Rwandan genocide : the Cat's paw / / Hazel Cameron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon [U.K.] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-11359-4

1-299-13716-4

1-136-28741-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Disciplina

967.57104/31

Soggetti

Genocide - Rwanda

Responsibility to protect (International law)

Principals (Criminal law)

Genocide intervention

Genocide - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A GlassHouse book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An introduction -- Global elite bystanders, genocide complicity and international law -- Reading the histories of Rwanda -- The spectre of genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath: internal and external responsibility for genocide -- The French "Resolution": 'Considrable political and geostrategic interests are hidden behind the Rwandese heap of corpses' -- Britain, Uganda, and the RPF --  How Britain responded.

Sommario/riassunto

<P><EM>Britain's Hidden Role in the Rwandan Genocide</EM> examines the role of the United Kingdom as a global elite bystander to the crime of genocide, and its complicity, in violation of international criminal laws during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.</P>