How community courts healed a nation after genocide
After Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Gacaca community courts fostered reconciliation and healing by prioritizing truth-telling and forgiveness, helping a nation rebuild from immense tragedy.
After Rwanda's 1994 genocide, which killed an estimated 800,000 people, the country faced an immense challenge of justice and healing. To cope with hundreds of thousands of accused individuals, Rwanda revived the traditional Gacaca courts in 2001.
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