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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824267203321

Autore

Jones Nicholas A. <1968->

Titolo

The courts of genocide [[electronic resource] ] : politics and the rule of law in Rwanda and Arusha / / Nicholas A. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-134-00879-1

1-282-25645-9

9786612256455

0-203-88080-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

345.67571/0251

Soggetti

International criminal courts

Criminal justice, Administration of - International cooperation

Political questions and judicial power

Gacaca justice system

Genocide - Rwanda

Criminal courts - Rwanda

Restorative justice - Rwanda

Rwanda History Civil War, 1994 Atrocities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1 The Rwandan genocide and the judicial response; 2 A historical and conceptual framework for understanding justice in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide; 3 The Gacaca courts; 4 The Rwandan national judiciary; 5 The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; 6 International jurisprudence: definitions of the crimes and the key precedents; 7 Issues impacting the search for justice: witness protection, hearsay evidence, and plea bargaining; 8 Conclusions, predictions, and reflections; References

Appendix 1Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Courts of Genocide focuses on the judicial response to the genocide in Rwanda in order to address the search for justice following



mass atrocities. The central concern of the book is how the politics of justice can get in the way of its administration. Considering both the ICTR (International Criminal tribunal for Rwanda), and all of the politics surrounding its work, and the Rwandan approach (the Gacaca courts and the national judiciary) and the politics that surround it, The Courts of Genocide addresses the relationship between these three 'courts' which, whilst orie