JUSTICE
58 |“ I ’ M NOT RWANDAN ” – RUSESABAGINA ’ S LAST STRAW IN THE COURT OF RWANDAN PUBLIC OPINION
By rejecting Rwandan citizenship , Paul Rusesabagina revealed many things about his character , some of which we already suspected . | Page 58
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AT THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES ’ RIGHTS
I understand that sometimes aggressive pursuit of judicial review to protect fundamental rights can be good , but it might not the right thing to do for a nascent Court that is still struggling to attract membership . I do not think that countries would be persuaded to subject their constitutional obligations to a small group of ‘ activist ’ regional judges . | Page 62
GENOCIDE
THE WORRYING TREND OF GENOCIDE DENIALISM
“ Someone once asked me why we keep burdening survivors with the responsibility for our healing . It was a painful question , but I realised the answer was obvious . Survivors are the only ones with something left to give : Their forgiveness ,” President Kagame said during one of the events . | Page 74
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HYPOCRISY OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA IN COV- ERAGE OF RUSESABAGINA ’ S ARREST
“ The function , the very serious function of racism is distraction . It keeps you from doing your work . It keeps you explaining , over and over again , your reason for being . Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do . Somebody says your head isn ’ t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is . Somebody says you have no art , so you dredge that up . Somebody says you have no kingdoms , so you dredge that up . None of this is necessary ...” | Page 69
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79 | THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF GENOCIDE DENIAL
It is well established that denial is a key step in the stages of genocide . Fighting it is essential in the never again campaign because it reflects the potential for the recurrence of genocide : when genocide deniers have an upper hand , their ideologies thrive . | Page 79
GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI HAS PASSED MORAL , LEGAL , AND POLITICAL TESTS
Every April , the genocide denialist movement rears its ugly head by engaging in denialist rhetoric that it tries to conceal as political criticism . It tries to sow doubt and bad faith in people of goodwill by creating controversy where there is none . | Page 93
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