Title: The Rwandan Genocide: The Guilty Bystanders
Headings: The Rwandan Genocide: The Guilty Bystanders
The Rwandan Genocide: The Guilty Bystanders
The Rwandan Genocide
Primordialism versus Modernism
International Humanitarian Intervention
Lack of Interest
Genocide’s Future
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Further Reading on E-International Relations

Content: Armenians in Turkey were the first unfortunates of these horrors, but nothing has matched the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Other genocides have continued to occur, almost one every decade since the Second World War. The world cries out “never again” every time but has not yet managed to stop a genocide. This is not something humans can simply look back on as a mistake in history, this is not yet something from the past, it is still very much something from the present. It did not end in the 20 th century, as Darfur proves that it continues to plague our society. The question that remains is why does no one stop these atrocities once they begin? Why are they simply ignored until they “resolve” themselves? This essay will be seeking to answer why the humanitarian intervention failed to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. The reason for the genocide will not be the focus point, as this essay will assume that there was no possible way to prevent it. It will focus on three main possible reasons why the intervention failed;