Interview - Ahead of 7 April, the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, spoke to Africa Renewal's Zipporah Musau on progress made in protecting communities and some of the red flags to look out for as a precursor to genocide. Here are the excerpts:
Alice Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on Genocide, briefs reporters ahead of International Day of Countering Hate Speech .Ahead of 7 April, the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, spoke to Africa Renewal's Zipporah Musau on progress made in protecting communities and some of the red flags to look out for as a precursor to genocide.
For Rwanda and the United Nations, one of the main successes has been the important work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in ensuring justice and accountability to rebuild trust. A challenge that my Office also contends with is the knowledge that contexts where a genocide took place are more vulnerable for violence to reoccur.
There are multiple red flags and warning signs ahead of atrocity crimes. We call them risk factors and they are explained in detail in the UN Framework of Analysis on Atrocity Crimes, our main methodological tool. I will mention a few.for serious human rights violations and atrocity crimes.processes which plays a significant role in fueling risks for further crimes.
The process of genocide provides a number of entry points for prevention before a situation escalates. There is a range of structural policy options to address risk factors, including the development or strengthening of national and regional mechanisms to enhance good governance, human rights, rule of law and security sector reform.
Yet despite these obvious opportunities for prevention, we must be humble in recognizing that, when it comes to learning the lessons of the past, humanity is very slow to put in place effective prevention policies. It is clear, however, that we are collectively taking steps in the right direction.
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