Open AccessThe Path to Genocide in Northern Uganda
Author(s) -
Ogenga Otunnu
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
refuge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-7336
pISSN - 0229-5113
DOI - 10.25071/1920-7336.21969
Subject(s) - genocide , refugee , human rights , expansionism , forced migration , state (computer science) , political science , consolidation (business) , international community , internally displaced person , politics , humanitarian crisis , refugee crisis , political economy , development economics , sociology , law , economics , accounting , algorithm , computer science
Uganda, as a territorial state, is the"child" of the late nineteenth centuryEuropean expansionist violence. Sincethe construction and consolidation of thedespotically strong but infrastructurallyweak state, the country has witnessedintense political violence, gross violationsof human rights, destruction ofproperty, internal displacement andrefugee migrations. Today, Acholilandin northern Uganda is ravaged by a genocidalwar, internaI displacement, refugeemigrations, humanitarian disaster andother forms of systematic violations ofhuman rights. Yet, these crises have notreceived adequate attention from scholars,policymakers, human rights organizationsand the rest of the internationalcommunity. What are the causes of thecrises? Why do the crises persist? Whoare the protagonists? What are the effectsof the crises on the society? Why has theinternational community failed to respondto the genocide and humanitariandisaster? These are sorne of the questionsthis article will attempt to address.