Current Events at UConn Human Rights Symposium

Genocide in the News

• “Edward C. Luck, Architect of U.N. Code on Genocide, Dies at 72” - March 16, 2021
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/world/edward-c-luck-dead.html
• “He Was the Hero of ‘Hotel Rwanda.’ Now He’s Accused of Terrorism”

• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/magazine/he-was-the-hero-of-hotel-rwanda-now-hes-accused-of-terrorism.html
• “Canada Declares Uighur Persecution in China ‘Genocide’, Becoming Only Second Country to do so” - February 23, 2021

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/canada-china-uighur-genocide-xinjiang-b1805929.html
• “UK Tribunal to Hear Witnesses on China Genocide Accusations” - February 4, 2021

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk-tribunal-to-hear-witnesses-on-china-genocide-accusations-china-witnesses-government-geoffrey-nice-genocide-b1797739.html
• “Rwandan Genocide Suspect Sent to UN Court in The Hague” - October 26, 2021

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/rwandan-genocide-suspect-sent-to-un-court-in-the-hague-suspect-felicien-kabuga-genocide-court-un-b1346104.html
• “Exiled Uighurs push for ICC to Investigate Chinese ‘Genocide’ in Xinjiang”

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/uighur-china-exiles-icc-genocide-crimes-against-humanity-complaint-a9606921.html
• Current Genocide Alerts

• https://www.genocidewatch.com/countries-at-risk
• “Justice for the Rohingya: What has happened and what comes next?”

• https://www.coalitionfortheicc.org/news/20200213/justice-rohingya-what-has-happened-and-what-comes-next
• “Rwandan Genocide Suspect Felicien Kabuga Arrives in The Hague to Face Trial”

• https://www.dw.com/en/rwandan-genocide-suspect-felicien-kabuga-arrives-in-the-hague-to-face-trial/a-55402723
• “Making a Movie About a Genocide That Some Still Deny”

• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/movies/quo-vadis-aida-jasmila-zbanic.html
• “France Has ‘Overwhelming’ Responsibility for Rwanda Genocide, Report Says”

• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/world/europe/france-rwanda-genocide.html
• “Oscar-Shortlisted Film Puts Bosnian Genocide on Silver Screen”

• https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/27/quo-vadis-aida-best-foreign-film-oscar-shortlist-bosnia-srebrenica-massacre-genocide/
• “State Department Lawyers Concluded Insufficient Evidence to Prove Genocide in China”

• https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/19/china-uighurs-genocide-us-pompeo-blinken/
• “Pompeo Weighs Genocide Designation for China”

• https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/23/pompeo-weighs-genocide-designation-china-uighur-xinjiang/