Critical Response Event: DRC v. Rwanda
In a renewed effort to hold Rwanda responsible for its role in violence, including alleged genocidal violence, within its territory, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for the third time, filed a complaint against Rwanda with the International Court of Justice on June 26, 2026. The ongoing violence in the DRC and the history of violence in the region mark this as a significant push toward an international legal solution to the violence.
In this Critical Response Event, Dr. Kerstin Carlson, Associate Professor, will provide an overview of violence in Rwanda and the DRC since 1994, along with an overview of the previous cases and the newly filed one, while also providing her analysis of the new case and its potential. The Q&A will be moderated by Prof. Jeff Bachman, Cohen Institute Specialist.
This webinar is free and open to everyone, but registration is required.
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Speaker Biography : Kerstin Bree Carlson is a law and society researcher at Roskilde University, with a focus on how legal doctrine and interpretation reflects and constructs social expectations. Carlson is the author of The Justice Laboratory: International Law in Africa.
This event is hosted by the Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College as part of our ongoing series of Critical Response Events. These events are meant to spotlight ongoing or emerging crises across the globe. Speakers in this series represent a wide range of scholarly research and views; our guests' perspectives should not be taken as representative of the Cohen Institute or Keene State College as a whole.
This event is part of the Cohen Institute calendar.
To request accommodations for a disability, please contact the coordinator at least two weeks prior to the event.
