Revue de Sécurité Humaine / Human Security Journal - Issue 1 - April 2006
Brooke Stearns
Abstract: Since the end of the Cold War, the traditional security paradigm has been insufficient. Transnational threats and internal conflicts are gaining significance within the security framework, including HIV/AIDS. Rwanda is both an AIDS-torn and a war-torn society, and the atrocities of the Rwandan genocide have exacerbated the problems of HIV/AIDS in Africa and contributed to its risks to human, national and international security. This paper examines HIV/AIDS in Rwanda in the context of the 1994 genocide and as a threat to human, national and international security through a post-conflict lens. It considers the actions to address the problem and provide recommendations for future action.