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Central Africa
The 1994 Rwandan genocide has continued effects in the region, from a fragile peace process in Burundi, to the devastated Democratic Republic of Congo, to the difficult search for reconciliation in Rwanda. Learn more about these places by exploring what expert analysts have said in lectures, panel discussions, films, and interviews sponsored by the Committee on Conscience. You can also find news, photos, and information about the Genocide Watch for Central Africa.
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World Is Witness
A new "geoblog" from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, in partnership with Google Earth, documents and maps genocide and related crimes against humanity.
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Connect for Congo: Working for Hope and Peace in the DRC
A conference to raise awareness about the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo
The journal depicted in this Web site is compiled from the impressions and contributions of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, and two photographers. Use this journal to witness the Congo for yourself.
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Remembering Rwanda: Did We Learn Anything?
A panel discussion with experts Donatella Lorch, from the International Center for Journalists; and Ariela Blätter, from Amnesty International about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and its impact on and relations to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
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Cain and Abel: A Story of Family, Friends, and Genocide in One Rwandan Village
During the1994 genocide in Rwanda neighbors turned on neighbors. PhD candidate, Lee Ann Fujji shares her dissertation research which is a micro-level analysis of ordinary people's participation in genocidal violence against neighbors. Afterwards, Victoria Barnett, Staff Director, Committee on Church Relations, analyzes Lee Ann Fujji’s findings.
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Woman by Woman: Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Rwanda
Photojournalist Kimberlee Acquaro, whose work appears on the Committee on Conscience Web site as an online exhibition, and Rwandan survivor Norah Bagarinka discuss some of the challenges Rwandan women survivors face.
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Fulfilling a Responsibility to Protect: What Will It Take To End the 'Age of Genocide'?
Keynote address by Samantha Power, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide.
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"Ghosts of Rwanda"
Presentation commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide with a preview screening of FRONTLINE’s film, “Ghosts of Rwanda.” Weaving together historical analysis with groundbreaking, eyewitness accounts, the film examines the social, political, and diplomatic forces that converged to enable genocide. A panel discussion follows the excerpts from this film.
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Briefing on Democratic Republic of Congo
Learned Dees (National Endowment for Democracy), Stephen Smith (African Policy Analyst), and Cliff Bernath (Refugees International), all recently returned from Eastern DRC, address the new MONUC mandate, the role of militias, and the overall human rights situation.
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Defying Genocide
National Public Radio's Scott Simon hosts a conversation with Simone Weil Lipman, who established an elaborate underground rescue network in France that saved hundreds of children during the Holocaust, and Damas Gisimba, who during the 1994 Rwandan genocide turned his orphanage into a clandestine sanctuary for hundreds of children and adults.
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Sequel to Genocide: The Crisis in Eastern Congo
This forum assesses the international response to the Congolese catastrophe and what further steps are needed to bring it to an end.
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A Good Man in Hell: General Roméo Dallaire and the Rwanda Genocide
In a conversation with Ted Koppel, General Dallaire, the commander of the UN Mission in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, shares his experiences and reflects on a genocide that he could not stop and that he cannot forget.
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Briefing By Linda Melvern
Linda Melvern, author of "A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide," discusses her book as well as her current research in Rwanda's military archives, where previously undiscovered documents reveal the planning of the 1994 genocide.
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Perpetrators in the Holocaust, Cambodia, and Rwanda: "The Evil That Men Do..."
Panelists examine the perpetration of genocide and mass murder in Africa, Europe, and Cambodia. Speakers include: Bill Berkeley, author and journalist, The New York Times; Christopher R. Browning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Stephen R. Heder, University of London.
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Justice After Genocide: Rwanda
How can justice be achieved after genocide? This program addresses three methods being pursued after the 1994 Rwandan genocide: an international court, national trials, and local customary justice. Excerpts from “The Arusha Tapes,” an Internews production examining the international trials for Rwanda, are also available.
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Lessons of Rwanda and Bosnia: the Political Response
How could have crimes against humanity been prevented in Rwanda and Bosnia? How can the United States and the international community confront similar events in the future? Speakers include: Tibor Varady, Central European University; Theogene Rudasingwa, Rwanda Ambassador; and Alison des Forges, Human Rights Watch.
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War, Genocide, and Mass Slaughter: Shades of Horror in Rwanda and Burundi
Alison des Forges addresses the recent history of massive violence in both Burundi and Rwanda, drawing attention to both interconnections and differences between the two countries.
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