The Genocide Documentation Project

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Washington D.C., July 21, 2020 – Forty-four years after the Argentine military began disappearing thousands of citizens following the March 24, 1976, coup, human rights…

Jul 21, 2020

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Road to Dayton paved with genocide

Nov 23, 2015

Srebrenica Conference Documents Detail Path to Genocide from 1993 to 1995

Jul 1, 2015

"Critical Oral History" Conference Marks 20th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre in July 1995

Jun 28, 2015

1994 Rwanda Pullout Driven by Clinton White House, U.N. Equivocation

Apr 16, 2015

Rwanda Re-Examined

Apr 6, 2015

Key Diplomat's Personal Notebook Sheds Light on Inner Workings of US Government Response to Genocide Unfolding in Rwanda in 1994

Jan 30, 2015

Inside the UN Security Council: April–July 1994

Jun 2, 2014

Key Decision Makers and Eyewitnesses Gather in the Hague to Consider the Failure of the International Community in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

May 29, 2014

Rwanda: The Failure of the Arusha Peace Accords

May 21, 2014

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Conferences

June 29-July 1, 2015
Srebrenica, 1993-1995
Eyewitnesses and policymakers gathered at the Hague before the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide to discuss the latest declassified evidence and drew lessons to be learned for genocide prevention.

June 1-3, 2014
Rwanda, 1990-1994
Leading decision-makers from the United Nations, Africa, the United States, and Europe gathered in the Hague to consider the failure of the international community to prevent or effectively respond to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and to explore whether and how the tragedy might have been averted.

In the Media

Forgotten scandal: How the U.S. prevented U.N. action on Rwandan genocide, under Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright

Salon

May 16, 2016

The Bosnian War Cables

Foreign Policy

Nov 22, 2015

Peacekeeping in time of war, with genocidal results

Reuters

Jul 9, 2015

The United Nations Still Can’t Stop Civilian Slaughter

The Atlantic

Jul 9, 2015

Declassified U.N. Cables Reveal Turning Point in Rwanda Crisis of 1994

The New York Times

Jun 4, 2014

Photos

UNAMIR Force Commander Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire (right) speaks at the International Decision-Making in the Age of Genocide: Rwanda conference in 2014. (Credit: Loesje Praktijken)

Prudence Bushnell (left), the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in Washington, and Joyce Leader (right), the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali during the genocide, at the International Decision-Making in the Age of Genocide: Rwanda conference in 2014. (Credit: Loesje Praktijken)

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