Genocide is “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, ethnic, political, or cultural group.” In Rwanda, for example, the Hutu-led government embraced a new agenda that called for the country's Hutu people to kill anyone who was a Tutsi (Gourevitch, 6). This new policy of an ethnic group (Hutu) called to kill another ethnic group (Tutsi) occurred between April and June 1994 and led to the genocide of approximately 800,000 innocent people, including women and children of all ages . In this article I will first analyze the origins/historical context regarding the discontent between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples, as well as the historical context as to why major actors in the international community chose not to intervene. Secondly, the actor/agent using political violence, in this case the Hutus, will also be analyzed in segments that include the characterization of the Hutu people, as well as their goals, the tactics of violence used and the resources administered they have allowed them to achieve their goals. genocide against the Tutsi. Finally, how the Tutsis respond to violence against them, what resources they had to deter the Hutus, and the outcome of the genocide in Rwanda will also be discussed. To begin with, the Tutsis and Hutus have been in conflict with each other ever since. the Tutsi monarchy was in control of Rwanda from 1853 to 1895. During this period the Hutus were forced into forced labor. Determining why Hutu were forced to work dates back to the 18th century, when rulers measured people's status by the number of livestock they owned (Arraras). The Tutsis were in control of the livestock while the Hutus were the cultivators. In 1922, when Belgium took control of Rwanda, it retained the... middle of paper... the International Tribunal for Rwanda. In 1996, the RPF government began its trials and over 120,000 people were accused of crimes related to the 1994 Arraras massacres. In conclusion, the genocide of the Tutsi people by the Hutus was something that could not be avoided due to the he inevitable uprising of ethnic tensions that have occurred between them since colonial times. For example, the Arusha Accords were made by countries like the United States and France to initiate peace between these ethnic groups, but as highlighted in my article, even after the Hutus agreed to share power with the Tutsis they were still secretly planning genocide. of the Tutsis. This is why I believe that military intervention from other countries was necessary to stop this genocide, which did not happen. The result was the massacre of 800,000 men, women and children.