Genocide Ideology Laws: Violation of Rwandan Peoples' 'Peoples' Rights'?

Authors

• Casey Dalporto, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

The note argues that Rwanda's Genocide Ideology Laws, enacted to prevent ethnic divisionism and incitement to genocide, violate the Rwandan people's rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. It contends that challenging these laws through the framework of "peoples' rights" rather than individual civil and political rights could be more effective, as the latter approach is often dismissed by the Rwandan government as Western interference. The note proposes leveraging the African Charter's provisions on collective rights to address the laws' impact on ethnic identity and political dissent.

Disciplines

Human Rights Law | Law

Recommended Citation

Casey Dalporto, Genocide Ideology Laws: Violation of Rwandan Peoples' 'Peoples' Rights'?, 20 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 875 (2012).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjicl/vol20/iss3/9