People's Court for Genocide. / Davan Maharaj.
by Maharaj, Davan; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 52Human Relations. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Criminal justice -- Administration of -- Rwanda | Genocide | Human rights -- Rwanda | Judgments -- Criminal | Rwandans | Rwanda -- History -- Civil War (1991-1994) -- AtrocitiesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "This Central African country is embarking on a novel experiment: Accused killers will face genocide survivors in outdoor tribunals where villagers will assemble on hillsides and city streets to hear charges against their neighbors in orderly, but informal, gatherings....Acting as final arbiters will be 254,000 judges who recently won local elections to 19-member tribunals known as gacaca." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the new system of justice being tried for those accused of genocide in Rwanda.
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Originally Published: People's Court for Genocide, May 29, 2002; pp. n.p..
"This Central African country is embarking on a novel experiment: Accused killers will face genocide survivors in outdoor tribunals where villagers will assemble on hillsides and city streets to hear charges against their neighbors in orderly, but informal, gatherings....Acting as final arbiters will be 254,000 judges who recently won local elections to 19-member tribunals known as gacaca." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the new system of justice being tried for those accused of genocide in Rwanda.
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