Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Information
13 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 577 (2007).
Abstract
This article describes the institution of the Gacaca Courts in Rwanda, which were set up to try people charged with participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The author examines the options available to the Rwandan government in seeding to prosecute people charged with crimes related to the genocide, and concludes that, while flawed, the gacaca courts were the best option available. The article explores how the courts were developed based on the participatory and restorative ideals of African indigenous legal systems, and how these courts provide an opportunity for some form of "truth telling" in post-genocide Rwanda.
Recommended Citation
Christine M. Venter,
Eliminating Fear Through Recreating Community in Rwanda: The Role of the Gacaca Courts,
13 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 577 (2007)..
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