Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts
In June 2012, Rwanda's community-based gacaca (ga-cha-cha) courts closed after processing almost two million cases for crimes of genocide. The courts are at the heart of government efforts to achieve national unity and reconciliation following the violence of the 1994 genocide. In just 100 day...
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| Publicat a: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/temoigner, |
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Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire
2021
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | In June 2012, Rwanda's community-based gacaca (ga-cha-cha) courts closed after processing almost two million cases for crimes of genocide. The courts are at the heart of government efforts to achieve national unity and reconciliation following the violence of the 1994 genocide. In just 100 days, ethnic Hutu militias orchestrated the deaths of their ethnic Tutsi kin and kith. The sheer size and scale of the violence of the 1994 genocide makes post-genocide justice a complicated affair, as the... |
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