African Rights is an organization focused on human rights, famine, conflict, and civil reconstruction issues in Africa. The group published the book, Rwanda: Death, Despair and Defiance in order to bring truth and reconciliation to the victims of the genocide. Hundreds of millions of dollars were contributed by many international organizations (not specifically mentioned) to make this project possible.

In an effort to collect the data one individual from the organization obtained eyewitness accounts throughout the country. It is based on snowball methodology (one interview leading to another) and resulted in numerous interviews throughout that year.

African Rights. Death, Despair and Defiance. 1995. Kigali, Rwanda: African Rights.

Human Rights Watch is an organization dedicated to monitoring human rights violations in approximately seventy countries around the world. The purpose of the book, Leave None to Tell the Story is to bolster public support for the prosecution of those who participated in the genocide. The research project was in cooperation with the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH). The Human Rights Watch portion of the research was funded by Novib-Netherlands, Oxfam, and the Harry Fran Guggenheim Foundation. The FIDH part was funded by the Comite Catholique Contre la Faim pour le developpement, Developpement et paix (Canada), Broederlink Delen, Oxfam (Canada), Trocaire, Swiss Cooperation and Danida.

This particular study is based on oral testimonies from survivors, killers, people who saved, and bystanders of the genocide as well as translate prefecture and commune administrative records, and collect information from judicial cases and other diplomatic sources. Hundreds of interviews took place beginning in 1995. Historians, political scientist, and lawyers were involved in the data collection effort. Although Human Rights Watch intended to document the entire country they ultimately paid particular attention to the Southern Rwanda, that area being the most affected by genocide.

Human Rights Watch. 1999. Leave None to Tell the Tale: Genocide in Rwanda. New York: Human Rights Watch.

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is a court system that was established by the United Nations in 1997 with the purpose of convicting those who were responsible for the Rwandan genocide. In their efforts leading to truth and reconcilation for the country, ICTR has convicted 18 (as of January 2004) and detained 55 indviduals for their crimes in Rwanda.

ICTR has provided information for the Genodynamics project through the availability of testimonials. Each case represents a series of court testimonies for each accused individual. (Winzip is necessary for downloads)