Beyond Genocide: Transitional Justice and Gacaca Courts in Rwanda Th
Combining both legal and empirical research, this book explores the statutory aspects andpractice of gacaca courts (inkiko gacaca), the centrepiece of Rwanda’s post-genocide transitionaljustice system, assessing their contribution to truth, justice and re
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Volume 20
Beyond Genocide: Transitional Justice and Gacaca Courts in Rwanda The Search for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation
Pietro Sullo
International Criminal Justice Series Volume 20
Series editors Gerhard Werle, Berlin, Germany Moritz Vormbaum, Münster, Germany
Series Information The International Criminal Justice Series aims to create a platform for publications covering the entire field of international criminal justice. It therefore deals with issues relating, among others, to: – – – –
the work of international criminal courts and tribunals; transitional justice approaches in different countries; international anti-corruption and anti-money laundering initiatives; the history of international criminal law.
It is peer-reviewed and seeks to publish high-quality works emanating from excellent scholars.
Editorial Office Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Faculty of Law Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany [email protected] [email protected]
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13470
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Pietro Sullo Brussels School of International Studies University of Kent Brussels Belgium
ISSN 2352-6718 ISSN 2352-6726 (electronic) International Criminal Justice Series ISBN 978-94-6265-239-2 ISBN 978-94-6265-240-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-240-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018937340 Published by T.M.C. ASSER PRESS, The Hague, The Netherlands www.asserpress.nl Produced and distributed for T.M.C. ASSER PRESS by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg © T.M.C. ASSER PRESS and the author 2018 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper This T.M.C. ASSER PRESS imprint is published by the registered company Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, Germany
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Foreword
During a few months in the spring of 1994, some 800,000 Rwandan citizens, primarily Tutsis, were killed by Hutu militias and ordinary people. Despite the fact that the UN Special Rapporteur on Summary and Extrajudicial Executions, Bacre N’Diaye, had in 1993 warned the United Nations about the rapidly spreading hatred and violence and the danger of an imminent genocide, the world or
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