Rwanda's Genocide The Politics of Global Justice [Hardcover]

In Rwanda's Genocide , Kingsley Moghalu provides an engrossing account and analysis of the international political brinkmanship embedded in the quest for international justice for Rwanda's genocide. He takes us behind the scenes to the political and strategic factors that shaped a path-breaking war crimes tribunal and demonstrates why the trials at Arusha, like Nuremberg, Tokyo, and the Hague, are more than just prosecutions of culprits, but also politics by other means. This is the first serious book on the politics of justice for Rwanda's genocide. Moghalu tells this gripping story with the authority of an insider, elegant and engaging writing, and intellectual mastery of the subject matter.The 'Final Solution' to 'the Tutsi Problem' Send in the Lawyers: The Political Architecture of Justice The Arusha Tribunal Uncharted Waters: Judging Genocide A Baptism of Fire: The Barayagwiza Affair Carla Del Ponte 'Axed' Hot Pursuit: Fugitives from Justice Image and Reality: Perceptions of War Crimes Justice The Impact of the Arusha Tribunal

'Kingsley Moghalu's book provides an extremely important addition to our understanding of how our world does and does not respond to genocide. Moghalu takes us through the political minefield in which the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was established and traces exactly how the Tribunal dealt with its major legal and political challenges. There are some tragedies here but also some heroes. It is an exceptionally well written and engrossing account.' - Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow and Director of Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

'Moghalu's work will prove indispensable to understanding the contemporary politics of atrocity and justice as those that have played out in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. His incisive account is grounded in a comprehensive and detailed knowledge of the Tribunal's inner workings. Neither cynical nor triumphalist, Moghalu's blÃ#