paragraph_text: Od stjecanja neovisnosti Burundija 1962., dogodila su se dva događaja koja se nazivaju genocidom. Ti događaji su bili 1972.: masovna ubojstva Hutua koje je izvela vojska Tutsija,<ref>Staff. pastgenocides, Burundi resources on the website of Prevent Genocide International lists the following resources: Michael Bowen, Passing by;: The United States and genocide in Burundi, 1972, (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1973), 49 pp. René Lemarchand, Selective genocide in Burundi (Report - Minority Rights Group ; no. 20, 1974), 36 pp. Rene Lemarchand, Burundi: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide (New York: Woodrow Wilson Center and Cambridge University Press, 1996), 232 pp. Edward L. Nyankanzi, Genocide: Rwanda and Burundi (Schenkman Books, 1998), 198 pp. Christian P. Scherrer, Genocide and crisis in Central Africa : conflict roots, mass violence, and regional war; foreword by Robert Melson. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002. Weissman, Stephen R. "Preventing Genocide in Burundi Lessons from International Diplomacy", United States Institute of Peace i 1993.; ubojstva Tutsija koje su izveli Hutui koji je priznat kao genocid u konačnom izviješćuu međunarodne komisije za ispitivanje u Burundiju predstavljenom Vijeću sigurnosti Ujedinjenih naroda 2002.<ref>International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi (1996). Paragraphs 85,496. in UN Security Council report S/1996/682<ref>Security Council document S/1996/682 pdf : http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/1996/682