Genocide Prevention in Rwanda and the World

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/01/Rwanda_Survivors_Mukagasana_and_Murekatete

Human Rights Activist and advocate for survivors of genocide Jacqueline Murekatete speaks on the importance of continued work in genocide prevention and her personal involvement in the cause.

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Survivors of the Rwandan genocide discuss their experience and reflect on the role that Rwanda plays in the global environment.

Now more than ever, the survivors claim, genocide prevention is of the utmost importance to guard against the ideological, social, and economic conditions which enabled the tragedies of Rwanda or Nazi Germany. - American Jewish Committee

Jacqueline Murekatete is internationally recognized for her work as a Human Rights Activist and genocide survivors’ advocate, speaking out for victims and survivors of genocide. Born in Rwanda in 1984, Jacqueline was not yet ten when she lost her entire immediate and extended family to the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi genocide.

For her work, Jacqueline has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Global Peace and Tolerance award from the United Nations, the Scandinavian Sprit award from the American Jewish Committee, a humanitarian award from the Anti-Defamation League; an honorary award from New York University at the 175th commencement ceremony, and most recently the United Nations International Peace Ambassadors’ outstanding humanitarian award.

Jacqueline is the founder and program director of Jacqueline’s Human Rights corner, a genocide prevention education program founded in April 2007, under the umbrella of Miracle Corners of the World (MCW), an internationally recognized non-profit organization based in New York City.

In Partnership with MCW, Jacqueline’s Human Rights Corner is currently working to develop genocide prevention education curriculums for young people, and to build a community center in Rwanda which will aim to empower genocide survivors to rebuild their lives, and to become agents of positive change in their country and in the world at large.

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[Remyyam07]

Sister forget the unxious but don't forget the act and the best medecine is Love, I am sorry for what happen, but believe me a lot of people will follow with love.

You can fight hate by hate but love.

Keep going Sister God bless you

[whineybtch]

I saw that Rwanda movie. It was so sad. :(

[winterstellar]

The name of the whole conference was maybe *Genocide Prevention In Rwanda And The World* Yep, and that is a big subject to cover in just one speech, isn't it.

[winterstellar]

OK. Maybe the video should have been edited a bit, the.

[sumadartsan]

The clip is actually just an excerpt.

[ferrozm]

She made a purely anecdotal speech with no concrete outline or plan on how to prevent genocide. The title is a bit misleading.