‘We came to realize we are judges’: moral careers of elected lay jurists in Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts

In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Rwanda’s government created the Gacaca courts to hold suspected perpetrators accountable. Although much has been written about these courts, researchers know comparatively less about the 250,000 individuals who served as Gacaca court judges (inyangamugayo). We draw...

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Main Author: Nyseth Nzitatira, Hollie (Author)
Contributors: Roberts, Louisa L. ; Uggen, Christopher J. ; Gasanabo, Jean-Damascene
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: November 2020
In: International journal of transitional justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 443-463
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Keywords:
Auswirkung
Berufslaufbahn
Karriere
Konflikt
Moral
Recht
Richter
Ruanda
Strafgericht
Tradition
Transitional Justice
Völkermord