Transitional Justice in Rwanda: Accountability for Atrocity

ISBN-13: 9780415522786 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 432 str.

Gerald Gahima

Opis

This title examines the genocide in Rwanda and international criminal justice. It is authored by a central player in the rebuilding, Gerald Gahima, who served as both Minister for Justice and Attorney General during the aftermath.

Spis treści

1. Theoretical Framework of Transitional Justice  2. A Decade of Atrocities  3. Accountability for Mass Atrocity: Challenges, Choices and Goals  3. National Prosecutions  4. Accountability, Justice and the Role of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda  5. National Prosecutions  6. Seeking Alternative Accountability Mechanisms  7. Trials based on Universal Jurisdiction  8. Untold Story, Unfinished Business; Confronting the Crimes of the Victors  9. Assessing the Impact and legacy of Rwanda's processes of Accountability for Atrocity  10. Tentative Lessosns from Rwanda's mechanisms of Accountability for Atrocity  11. Conclusion

O autorze

Gerald Gahima was central to the rebuilding of Rwanda’s justice system in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, first as the chief of staff to the Rwandan Minister of Justice from 1996-1999, and subsequently as the country's Attorney General from 1999-2003. He now works as an independent consultant to various organizations, including UN bodies, on issues relating to the rule of law and reconstruction of post conflict countries.