The Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda - Justice without Lawyers (Hardcover)

Since 2001, the Gacaca community courts have been the centrepiece of Rwanda's justice and reconciliation programme. Nearly every adult Rwandan has participated in the trials, principally by providing eyewitness testimony concerning genocide crimes. Lawyers are banned from any official involvement, an issue that has generated sustained criticism from human rights organisations and international scepticism regarding Gacaca's efficacy. Drawing on more than six years of fieldwork in Rwanda and nearly five hundred interviews with participants in trials, this in-depth ethnographic investigation of a complex transitional justice institution explores the ways in which Rwandans interpret Gacaca. Its conclusions provide indispensable insight into post-genocide justice and reconciliation, as well as the population's views on the future of Rwanda itself.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	September 2010
Authors:	Phil Clark (Dr)
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	388
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-19348-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law
LSN:	0-521-19348-6
Barcode:	9780521193481

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