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Rwanda today has two public holidays commemorating the incident, with Genocide Memorial Day on April 7th marking the start, and Liberation Day on July 4th marking the end. The week following April 7th is designated an official week of mourning.
Rwanda today has two public holidays commemorating the incident, with Genocide Memorial Day on April 7th marking the start, and Liberation Day on July 4th marking the end. The week following April 7th is designated an official week of mourning.


One global impact of the Rwandan Genocide is that it served as impetus to the creation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court International Criminal Court], so that ad hoc tribunals would not need to be created for future incidents of genocide, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity crimes against humanity] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes war crimes]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Statute Rome Statute] is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty treaty] that established the ICC, and was adopted at a diplomatic conference in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome Rome] on 17 July 1998.
One global impact of the Rwandan Genocide is that it served as impetus to the creation of the International Criminal Court, so that ad hoc tribunals would not need to be created for future incidents of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Rome Statute is the treaty that established the ICC, and was adopted at a diplomatic conference in Rome on 17 July 1998
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