In this photo taken Monday, March 24, 2014, a mural created by the students who reside at the school is seen on the wall of the cafeteria at the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village near Rwamagana, in Rwanda. Most of the kids in a Rwandan school set amid the lush green, rolling hills of eastern Rwanda don’t identify themselves as Hutu or Tutsi. That’s a positive sign for Rwanda, which is now observing the 20th anniversary of its genocide, a three-month killing spree that, according to the official Rwandan count, left more than 1 million people dead, most of them Tutsis killed by Hutus. The teenagers attending the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, a school with dorms that creates tight-knit student families, say the ethnic slaughter that their parents or grandparents were a part of either as victims or perpetrators won’t be repeated. The school director echoes the sentiment. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

After mass atrocities and crimes against humanity, how can societies reconcile? How is justice performed and how should we recognize these crimes? And what of the clash between international interests and local needs when dealing with the punishment and acknowledgment of atrocities? Hosted by Doug Becker. [ dur: 58mins. ]

This interview was recorded on April 18, 2021.

This program is produced by Ankine Aghassian, Doug Becker, Melissa Chiprin, Mihika Chechi, and Sudd Dongre.

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