Traditional justice and reconciliation after violent conflict
Subtitle: learning from African experiences
By: editors, Luc Huyse, Mark Salter ; contributors, Luc Huyse ... [et al.].
Contributors: Huyse, Lucien, 1937-; Salter, Mark, 1961-
Publisher: International Idea; Brand: International Idea
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stockholm
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9789185724284
Subjects: Restorative justice -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Customary law courts -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : tradition-based approaches in peacemaking, transitional justice and reconciliation policies / Lud Huyse; title: The Gacaca courts in Rwanda / Bert Ingelaere; title: Restorative justice and the role of magamba spirits in post-civil war Gorongosa, central Mozambique / Victor Igreja and Beatrice Dias-Lambranca; title: Northern Uganda : tradition-based practices in the Acholi region / James Ojera Latigo; title: Reconciliation and traditional justice : tradition-based practices of the Kpaa Mende in Sierra Leone / Joe A.D. Alie; title: The institution of bashingantahe in Burundi / Assumpta Naniwe-Kaburahe; title: Conclusions and recommendations / Luc Huyse.