The Gacaca courts, post-genocide justice and reconciliation in Rwanda : justice without lawyers / / Phil Clark [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458921403321
• Autore: Clark Philip <1979->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-107-20450-X; 0-511-85254-1; 1-282-91869-9; 9786612918698; 0-511-93134-4; 0-511-93269-3; 0-511-92750-9; 0-511-92496-8; 0-511-76158-9; 0-511-93001-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge studies in law and society
• Disciplina: 364.15/10967571
• Soggetti: Genocide - Rwanda; Gacaca justice system; Restorative justice - Rwanda
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Framing Gacaca : six transitional justice themes -- Moulding tradition : the history, law and hybridity of Gacaca -- Interpreting Gacaca : the rationale for analysing a dynamic socio-legal institution -- The Gacaca journey : the rough road to justice and reconciliation -- Gacaca's modus operandi : engagement through popular participation -- Gacaca's pragmatic objectives -- Accuser, liberator or reconciler? -- truth through Gacaca -- Law, order and restoration : peace and justice through Gacaca -- Mending hearts and minds : healing and forgiveness through Gacaca --(Re)fusing social bonds : Gacaca and reconciliation.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.