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Transitional Justice in Rwanda

Accountability for Atrocity

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This book will be unique in the literature on Rwanda and international criminal justice as it is authored by a central player in the rebuilding

Nicholas Jones, The Courts of Genocide: Politics and the Rule of Law in Rwanda and Arusha, (Routledge:2009) HB £85 sold 308 copies

Table of Contents

1. A Decade of Atrocities 2. Accountability for Mass Atrocity: Challenges, Choices and Goals 3. National Prosecutions 4. Seeking Alternative Accountability Mechanisms: The Gacaca courts 5. Accountability, Justice and the Role of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 6. Confronting the crimes of the victors 7. Assessing the impact and legacy of Rwanda’s mechanisms of accountability for atrocity 8. Tentative lessons from Rwanda’s mechanisms of accountability for atrocity 9. Conclusion

Author/Editor Biography

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.

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