If Only Justice Could Heal or Make Whole
Hard Lessons from Rwanda’s Legal Responses to Genocide and Mass Atrocity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12967218 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald Gahima (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 116-127 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Genocide Studies and Prevention (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1911-0359 • E-ISSN: 1911-9933 |
| Publisher | International Association of Genocide Scholars (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5038/1911-9933.18.2.2018 |
| OpenAlex | W4408942024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
My reflections on the limits of legal responses in Rwanda stem from both academic and lived experience. I served as Rwanda’s Deputy Minister of Justice (1996–1999), Prosecutor General (1999–2003), and Deputy Chief Justice (2003–2004) during the period after the genocide. In those roles, I had access to a large volume of information drawn from policy- making roles, case files of members of my staff, as well as my own fieldwork relating to the suffering of victims of the genocide. While I obviously believe that justice for those crimes is not in vain, my work with survivors left me with an acute sense of the inadequacy of legal responses to mass atrocity
Criminology · Economic Justice · Genocide · Political science · Transitional justice · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |