Rwanda's Genocide : The Politics of Global Justice

for taking the time to talk with me at length in various capitals, on the telephone, and by email correspondence. To Angeline Djampou, the chief librarian of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, who provided me with excellent research assistance, much of it long distance and online, I am grateful. Viola Rugege-Kamara assisted me in compiling, several years ago with ease and expertise, many of the official public documents and other materials I was to draw upon later for this book. Beatrix Heward-Mills played the crucial part of typing and preparing the manuscript. Bocar Sy, senior public affairs officer at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, kindly provided most of the photographs. My thanks to them. By far my greatest debt is to my wife Maryanne and our children. I am grateful for their understanding and support as I worked at odd hours to write this book. Without their love and support it would not be in your hands. 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. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction: Political Justice....Pages 1-8 The “Final Solution” to the “Tutsi Problem”....Pages 9-24 Send In the Lawyers: The Political Architecture of Justice....Pages 25-52 The Arusha Tribunal....Pages 53-74 Uncharted Waters: Judging Genocide....Pages 75-100 A Baptism of Fire: The Barayagwiza Affair....Pages 101-123 Carla Del Ponte “Axed”....Pages 125-151 Hot Pursuit: Fugitives From Justice....Pages 153-174 Image and Reality: Perceptions of War Crimes Justice....Pages 175-199 Conclusion: the Impact of the Arusha Tribunal....Pages 201-207 Back Matter....Pages 209-239 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