User:MTomsons

From Never Again

My Profile

  • Name: Melanie Tomsons
  • Location: Canada
  • Never Again involvement: Executive Director for Never Again International in Canada
  • Real life occupation: Project consultant and international development researcher
  • Interests: Peacebuilding and conflict resolution, child soldiers, war-affected children and human rights
  • Professional Activities: I am an international development researcher with a focus on poverty alleviation, human rights, genocide prevention, child soldiers, war-affected children and building sustainable livelihoods

Contact Me

  • Feel free to contact me by email at mtomsons at gmail dot com or leave a message on my Talk page page at any time.

Current activities

  • Never Again International in Canada is working to support youth education in Rwanda to initiate a program to help support school fees. If you feel inspired to participate in this program and give youth the opportunity to go to school, please contact Melanie @ melanie.tomsons at neveragaininternational dot org


  • Connecting with Bridges of Hope Never Again International in Canada is connecting with Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies to support a holistic development strategy in Rwanda which promotes poverty relief and community empowerment. You are now able to sponsor a child in Rwanda and help give life to an entire community. Contact Melanie to learn how to sponsor a child from Rwanda today. Click here for more information.
  • Never Again International in Canada is working hand-in-hand with the youth clubs in Rwanda to coordinate commemoration activities for the 15th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide. Never Again International - Canada is supporting the development of Hope For the Future, a program which encourages active youth participation in fighting against the effects of genocide. Please contact Melanie for more information on ways to support the development of this youth initiative in Rwanda.


  • Pre-order "They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children - The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers" Written by Romeo Dallaire here


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Research Papers and Speeches

A Discussion Think Piece: THE AU/UN HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR: Challenges, Lessons and Implications for Regional Peacekeeping Training


Genocide Education Resources

Call to Action

- a particularly poignant piece on Rwanda Youths: Rwanda: Youths - Future is Our Assignment

- the story of a woman whose faith guides her on her path to fight HIV/AIDS WORLD REPORT: Odette’s vow: ‘I will never let myself be put down by this’

- The Rwanda Forum, organized by Never Again and hosted by the Imperial War Museum


Testimony of Survivors

Mardi Seng: Hope


Testimony of Gilbert Ndahayo


The Testimony of Jarelnabi Abbass Abusikin


The Testimony of Clare


The Testimony of Freddy Mutanguha


The Testimony of Beata Uwazaninka


Legal Links

International Crimical Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Ruling on Defense Motion for Dismissal Due to Lack of Jurisdiction Under the MCA in Regard to Juvenile Crimes of a Child Soldier

The Rwanda Documents Project: A collection of documents used in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, April 16, 1984: Verdict of the Tribunal


International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Handbook for Journalists


Justice in Rwanda: An International Criminal Law Bibliography


Three Interviews from the Gacaca Project


International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: THE PROSECUTOR v. Fulgence KAYISHEMA Case No. ICTR-2001-67-I


Justice and Reconciliation – the Gacaca process


Report of the Independent Inquirty into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda


Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur to the United Nations Secretary-General


ICTR Resolutions of the Security Council


Home page for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda


International Humanitarian Law - Treaties & Documents


International Legal Search Engine - Human Rights and Humanitarian Law


The International Justice Program


International Legal Standards Governing Child Soldiers


Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Kinyarwanda

Rwandan Newsletters and Media


New Features and Editorials

For an up-to-date selection of news stories please follow the link above.

Reports

Media links


Responsibility to Protect

Child Soldier Articles

Child Soldier Articles

Child Rights and War-Affected Children


  • [www.docstoc.com/docs/24223913/Shaking-the_Movers Shaking the Movers: Speaking Truth to Power - Civil and Political Rights of Children]

Child Soldier and War-Affected Children links

Building Peace through Sports

Musicians Against Genocide

Demobilizing Child Soldiers and Youth as Instruments of War

Child Rights and the Media

Building Understanding Through Art

History Education about Genocide

Conferences and Symposia

Genocide related links

Conflict Resolution

Genocide related links

More links can be found here


Remembering the Genocide through Film

As We Forgive Those

Yesterday in Rwanda

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire

God Grew Tired of Us