PCJ260Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hutu, Hamites, Akazu
14 Apr 2018
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How do we form and why do they matter. Intent to destroy national, ethnic, racial, religious group. Deciding who counts is important to the definition of groups. Legal duty for states to response - leverage. Belgians ruled with tutsis (14% of population) who historically held power. Shifted support to hutus, fostered divisions between groups. Attempts to create agreement, share power, president signs peace. President"s plane shot down --> marks the start of genocide. Number of regular people who became part - joiners Un withdrew, did not take action to stop any moderates who tried to stop the extremists were killed. Many fled to zaire / drc fearing prosecution. Failure to classify as genocide --> more action should have been taken. How the state institutions treats them --> becomes legally institutionalized. Inclusion / exclusion based on race --> makes it important. People around had to accept change - subjective. Could kill because of the way they look, even if they were.
