Is ‘tradition’ the solution? Lessons from Rwanda’s gacaca courts for justice and reconciliation after mass violence

Bert Ingelaere

No 3, IOB Analyses & Policy Briefs from Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB)

Abstract: Over the past years, there has been an increasing attention for the use of tradition-based or home-grown justice and reconciliation mechanisms in the aftermath of violent conflict. The Rwandan gacaca court system is often evoked in this global trend. The gacaca courts operated nationwide between 2005 and 2012. This policy briefing summarizes major findings and policy recommendations based on extensive field research conducted during these years.

Keywords: Rwanda; gacaca (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 2 pages
Date: 2013-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://medialibrary.uantwerpen.be/oldcontent/cont ... APB/03-Ingelaere.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iob:apbrfs:2013003

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IOB Analyses & Policy Briefs from Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Hans De Backer ().