THE ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT RECONCILIATION AND JUSTICE FOR RWANDAN PEOPLE AFTER GENOCIDE IN 1999 - 2002

Abstract

The occurrence of ethnic massacres in Rwanda which became one of the acts of genocide has caused serious violations of human rights which the violation drew a response from international organizations namely the United Nations to provide a follow-up to the incident based on the convention that approves the provision of punishment for every act of genocide, so that, the Rwandan genocide is a source of problems that make a big reason for the establishment of a reconciliation system by the Rwandan Patriotic Front to restore unity of good relations in the social environment by giving the right to justice to victims and perpetrators of genocide. The objective of this study is to find out how the United Nations provided assistance to Rwanda to support the reconciliation process in 1999 to 2002. This study uses qualitative methods to analyze the data that has been collected to answer the problems in this study. The research found that this study showed the United Nations passed resolution 955 to establish the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) with the aim of providing justice to the perpetrators of genocide which became one of the important points to support the reconciliation process.