Rwanda’s Genocide: The Politics of Global Justice

In Rwanda’s Genocide, Kingsley Moghalu provides an engrossing account and analysis of the international political brinkmanship embedded in the quest for international justice for Rwanda’s genocide. He takes us behind the scenes to the political and strategic factors that shaped a path-breaking war crimes tribunal and demonstrates why the trials at Arusha, like Nuremberg, Tokyo, and the Hague, are more than just prosecutions of culprits, but also politics by other means. This is the first serious book on the politics of justice for Rwanda’s genocide. Moghalu tells this gripping story with the authority of an insider, elegant and engaging writing, and intellectual mastery of the subject matter.

KINGSLEY CHIEDU MOGHALU was Special Counsel and Spokesman of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has published widely on international affairs and international law in publications including the International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, New York Law Journal, Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) and The Guardian (Lagos), and has been frequently interviewed for CNN, BBC, The New York Times and other international media.