The Impact of Cultural Diversity on International Criminal Proceedings

Almqvist, Jessica

doi:10.1093/jicj/mqi091

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“…Cultural proximity is crucial, especially to promote acceptance, participation and accessibility in dispute resolution, and while scholars have stressed the need of incorporating such proximity in international tribunals, they have failed to propose workable ways to do this. 47 Hence, one may conclude that workable methods of local justice are among the best ways to cope with diff erent conceptions of justice itself, avoiding the sort of homogeneity encouraged by Amnesty International and its ilk through rigidly legalistic, Western notions of justice. As pointed out by Jean Sternlight with respect to ADR methods, the Western concept of the rule of law should not be seen as an invariable end, but as a means to the end of justice in a much broader sense, 48 and this argument may be legitimately extended to local forms of ADR.…”

Section: Engaging With Gacaca: Pros Cons and Improvementsmentioning

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Rwanda's 'Gacaca' Courts A Possible model for local Justice in International Crime?

Lahiri

2009

Int Crim Law Rev

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Th e Rwandan genocide has raised questions on the most eff ective means to provide justice in a post-genocide scenario. Th e 'Gacaca' courts set up in Rwanda, dispensing a form of local justice, is one means of post-genocide justice delivery which has been explored in the Rwandan context. Th is paper, apart from providing a descriptive account of the Gacaca system, seeks to evaluate this mechanism both in theory and in practice while analyzing the arguments for and against such a system.

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Section: Engaging With Gacaca: Pros Cons and Improvementsmentioning

confidence: 99%