Between Retribution and Reparation
by
Paul Christoph Bornkamm
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Rwanda's Gacaca courts provide an innovative response to the genocide of 1994. Incorporating elements of both African dispute resolution and of Western-style criminal courts, Gacaca courts are in line with recent trends to revive traditional grassroots mechanisms as a way of addressing a violent past....