| dc.description.abstract | Internal conflicts including genocide have been known to have significant regional and
international dimensions. However, little effort has been paid in addressing their causes
in order to remedy their future occurrence. Consequently "Never again" has remained a
mere rhetoric. Genocide is not a crime limited to where it is committed but a rime against
humanity. The effect of genocide on regional and state relations and the relationship
between genocide and international community was therefore, brought out in this study to
provide strategies to curtail future genocides. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda is the latest
of the genocides in the history of mankind. It had significant "-effects on the Great Lakes
region and beyond.
A thorough understanding of the far reaching effects of this genocide on the region is a
pre-requisite to the development of realistic strategies to prevent future internal conflicts
and their spill over I the region and elsewhere.
This study therefore, is concerned with the effects of the 1994 Itwandan genocide on the •
Great Lakes region with focus on its effects on -international relations, security and
development. The study concludes that the 1994 genocide in Rwanda seriously affected
the inter-state relations in the region and beyond. It contributed significantly to the
deterioration of the security situation in the Great Lakes region and adversely affected
the socio-economic development of the region.
The study arrived at a number of recommendations for the promotion of security, peace,
stability and sustainable development. These include the entrenchment of democracy,
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good governance, respect for the rule of law and human rights and forging regional
integration in the Great Lakes region.
Finale, the study concludes that, for peace to prevail in the region, DRC Congo should
take into consideration the security concerns of her neighbours by disarming and
repatriating all the rebel groups that have taken sanctuary on its territory. It should also
adopt democratic governance that will address all the internal problems that have plagued
the country since independence. | en |
