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UN commemoration urges states to join Genocide Convention and curb online hate
Summary
At a United Nations remembrance for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, a speaker recalled the speed and scale of the killings, warned that digital technologies are being used to inflame hate, and urged states to become parties to the Genocide Convention and implement commitments in the Global Digital Compact.
Unnamed speaker, Representative of the United Nations, opened a remembrance of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and urged countries to act to prevent future mass atrocities.
The speaker said the killings unfolded "in just 100 days, some 1,000,000 children, women and men were killed," describing the episode as intentional and premeditated rather than spontaneous. The remarks tied the historical atrocity to modern risks,…
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