Double genocide theory (Rwanda)

The double genocide theory posits that, during the Rwandan genocide, the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) engaged in a "counter-genocide" against the Hutus.[1] Most scholars of Rwanda, such as Scott Straus and Gerald Caplan, say that RPF violence against Hutus does not fully match the definition of "genocide", considering that it instead consisted of war crimes[2] or crimes against humanity.[3]

  1. ^ Jean-Paul Gouteux. "Mémoire et révisionnisme du génocide rwandais en France: Racines politiques, impact médiatique". Online posting. Amnistia.net Archived 11 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine 12 February 2004.
  2. ^ Caplan 2018, p. 186.
  3. ^ Straus 2019, pp. 5, 13.