Rwanda's Genocide The Politics of Global Justice

by Moghalu, Kingsley

• ISBN13: 9781403970817
• ISBN10: 1403970815
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In this highly authoritative book--the first of its kind--Kingsley Moghalu provides an engrossing account and analysis of the international political brinksmanship embedded in the quest for justice for Rwanda's genocide. Moghalu takes us behind the scenes to the political and strategic factors that shape 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.

Author Biography

Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu was Special Counsel and Spokesman of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has published widely on international affairs and international law in publications including the International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, New York Law Journal, Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) and The Guardian (Lagos), and has been frequently interviewed for CNN, BBC, The New York Times and other international media.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Political Justice	1	(8)
The ``Final Solution'' to the ``Tutsi Problem''	9	(16)
Send in the Lawyers: The Political Architecture of Justice	25	(28)
The Arusha Tribunal	53	(22)
Uncharted Waters: Judging Genocide	75	(26)
A Baptism of Fire: The Barayagwiza Affair	101	(24)
Carla Del Ponte ``Axed''	125	(28)
Hot Pursuit: Fugitives from Justice	153	(22)
Image and Reality: Perceptions of War Crimes Justice	175	(26)
Conclusion: The Impact of the Arusha Tribunal	201	(8)
Notes	209	(28)
Index	237