Rwanda's Gacaca courts : between retribution and reparation /

Rwanda's Gacaca courts provide an innovative response to the genocide of 1994. Incorporating elements of both African dispute resolution and of Western-style criminal courts, Gacaca courts are in line with recent trends to revive traditional grassroots mechanisms as a way of addressing a violen...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Bornkamm, Paul Christoph
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Zusammenfassung:
Rwanda's Gacaca courts provide an innovative response to the genocide of 1994. Incorporating elements of both African dispute resolution and of Western-style criminal courts, Gacaca courts are in line with recent trends to revive traditional grassroots mechanisms as a way of addressing a violent past. Having been devised as a holistic approach to prosecution and punishment as well as to healing and repairing, they also reflect the increasing importance of victim participation ininternational criminal justice. This book critically examines the Gacaca courts' achievements as a mechanism of crimi
Umfang:
1 online resource (674 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Humboldt University of Berlin, 2009.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-173832-8
0-19-162759-3
1-283-57951-0
9786613891969
0-19-162192-7
Schlagworte:
Gacaca justice system.
Trials (Genocide) > Rwanda.
Transitional justice > Rwanda.
Reparation (Criminal justice) > Rwanda.
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