Rwanda's Gamble | Gacaca and a New Model Of Transitional Justice

Peter E. Harrell

ISBN 10: 0595270522 / ISBN 13: 9780595270521

Published by iUniverse, 2003

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Rwanda's Gamble | Gacaca and a New Model Of Transitional Justice | Peter E. Harrell | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2003 | iUniverse | EAN 9780595270521 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rwanda's Gamble | Gacaca and a New Model Of Transitional Justice
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595270522
• ISBN 13: 9780595270521
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 8D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 220 grams
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Synopsis

Gacaca is an innovative form of justice that the Rwandan government will use to try the more than 100,000 participants in the 1994 genocide. Instead of putting suspects before the statutory-law courts that existed prior to 1994, the government is establishing 11,000 popularly-elected tribunals and charging them with the task of investigating and trying crimes that occurred within their territorial jurisdiction. Officials hope that this will help clear the backlog of cases while giving suspects (most of whom have spent nearly a decade in prison without a trial) a chance finally to have their cases heard.This book provides a detailed explanation of how the system will work, from the selection and training of the judges to the basics of courtroom procedure. It also places gacaca in the context of rapidly emerging restorative theories of justice, and argues for gacaca's appropriateness in the Rwandan context.Based on interviews, training manuals, documents never-before-published in the United States, and extensive travels throughout Rwanda, this book is an invaluable introductory guide to gacaca and explains why similar forms of justice should be experimented with elsewhere.

About the Author

Peter Harrell is a writer living in Washington, D.C. He wrote this book after traveling to Rwanda in early 2002. He is a graduate of Princeton University.