Los tribunales #Gacaca, sistema de justicia comunitaria antiguo en #Ruanda, fueron restablecidos entre 2001-2012 para procesar a los responsables de los crímenes del #genocidio y promover la reconciliación.

Son un sistema interesante a tener en cuenta: www.minijust.gov.rw/fileadmin/SP...

HH's Recantation:

1) HH's Story:
- HH said he testified falsely because as a Tutsi survivor he was angry.
- In 2011 he was falsely imprisoned for murder, and was alongside #Hutu against whom he had testified in #Gacaca courts.

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Fascinating new pub from @hollienyseth looking at the 'increased social capital and decreased well-being' of judges working in #Rwanda #gacaca courts. #intlaw #transitionalJustice https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/61/5/1169/6210772

Beyond Genocide: Transitional Justice and Gacaca Courts i... Combining both legal and empirical research, this book ex...

New #book: Beyond #Genocide: Transitional Justice and #Gacaca Courts in #Rwanda. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9789462652392

#EUROCRIM2018 another fantastic & interesting panel on mass atrocities: #Rwanda #gacaca, #ICTY impact & punishment, Yugoslavia war detention site organisation. @hollienbrehm @Andy8chi @filip_vojta

#EUROCRIM2018 @GenocideStudies @hollienbrehm on her amazing 2yr project to clean up #gacaca trial data & look at sentencing outcomes. Different communities had different punishments, property crimes mostly received fines. Ave perpetrator age 34. #Rwanda #genocide

#iags2017 Judith Hermann @jcu on #justice for #Rwanda #genocide victims of sexual violence & #Gacaca #courts. @GenocideStudies

#iags2017 @hollienbrehm on positive & negative experiences of lay #judges at #Rwanda #Gacaca courts. @GenocideStudies #justice

#ASC2016 Gertz: #Gacaca courts tried 25% violent offences, 72% property offences. #Rwanda #genocide @ASC_Meetings @GenocideStudies