Transitional Justice Systems

This course of Transitional Justice systems covers right from the definition of Transitional Justice and its mechanisms because this is a module that is not taught in undergraduate; the students have to begin from the basics. Each mechanism is discussed generally but later will be put in the Rwandan context of the impact of the genocide against the Tutsi and how Rwanda has managed matters of unity and reconciliation especially basing on tradition based ways (such as Gacaca Courts)of implementing transitional justice mechanisms.

Apart from Rwandan context, international prosecutions are discussed basing on international tribunals such as International Criminal Court (ICC), ICTR, Nuremberg Tribunal, the Special Tribunal of Sierra Leone etc. In these discussions, some of the cases on international level are discussed (judgments and indicments where necessary).