Beyond Genocide: Transitional Justice and Gacaca Courts in Rwanda The Search for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation /

• Main Author: Sullo, Pietro (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Criminal Justice Series, 20
• Subjects: International criminal law.; Human rights.; Peace.; International humanitarian law.; Ethnology-Africa.; War Crimes.; International Criminal Law .; Human Rights.; Conflict Studies.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; African Culture.

Combining both legal and empirical research, this book explores the statutory aspects and practice of gacaca courts (inkiko gacaca), the centrepiece of Rwanda's post-genocide transitional justice system, assessing their contribution to truth, justice and reconciliation. The volume expands the k...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The CRIME OF genocide and its contextual feature in Rwanda
• Chapter 3. A Framework for Post-genocide Rwanda: Legal Imperatives Concerning Transitional Justice
• Chapter 4. Post-Genocide justice in Rwanda: ordinary courts
• Chapter 5. GACACA Courts
• Chapter 6. GACACA Courts Under Human Rights Scrutiny
• Chapter 7. GACACA Jurisdictions in Practice
• Chapter 8. The Reconciliation Process in Rwanda
• Chapter 9. Conclusion.