Professor Pruitt Interviewed by The Guardian Regarding Documentary on Rwanda War Crimes

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt was interviewed by The Guardian for an article on The Uncondemned, a new documentary that recounts the 1997 trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu, a Rwandan mayor who was convicted of nine counts of genocide and crimes against humanity. Professor Pruitt appears onscreen in the film.

The Guardian describes how Professor Pruitt, as a PhD student and gender consultant to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1996, compiled a report on mass sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide. Pruitt argued then that the indictment against Akayesu should be amended to include acts of sexual violence. But the ICTR paid little attention to this possibility until a witness at the Akayesu trial testified to the systematic rapes that occurred under Akayesu's watch.

Lisa R. Pruitt is a professor at UC Davis School of Law whose recent scholarship explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts.

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