Rwanda's Gacaca courts [electronic resource] : between retribution and reparation / Paul Christoph Bornkamm. Bornkamm, Paul Christoph. Gacaca justice system. Trials (Genocide) Rwanda. Truth commissions Rwanda. KTD157.7 347.67571 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012). The Gacaca courts are a traditional justice mechanism used by the Rwandan government to try lower-level perpetrators of the 1994 genocide. This book provides an empirical analysis of these courts, assessing their rules and procedures as well as their contribution to reconciliation in Rwanda. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694471.001.0001 eng Rwanda History Civil War, 1994 Atrocities. Rwanda. Rwanda.