International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Kaufman, Zachary D.

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice (Nadya Nedelsky & Lavinia Stan eds., 2d ed. 2023)

9 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2019 Last revised: 12 Aug 2019

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Zachary D. Kaufman

University of Florida Levin College of Law; Boston University - School of Law; Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law; University of Houston Law Center; Stanford Law School; Yale University - Law School; Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Date Written: January 01, 2023

Abstract

This book chapter, authored by Professor Zachary D. Kaufman, was solicited and published by Cambridge University Press in the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, which is co-edited by Dr. Nadya Nedelsky and Dr. Lavinia Stan. The chapter describes the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’s background, mission, organization, and activity and provides an assessment of this ad hoc court.

A previous version of this chapter was solicited and published in 2012 by Cambridge University Press in the first edition of the encyclopedia co-edited by Nedelsky and Stan. That chapter is available on SSRN at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2221525.

Keywords: Transitional Justice, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Belgium, France, New Zealand, Hutu, Tutsi, United Nations, UN Security Council, ICTR, Gacaca, ICTY, Human Rights, Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, Refugees, Kigali, Arusha, MICT, ICC

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Kaufman, Zachary D., International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (January 01, 2023). Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice (Nadya Nedelsky & Lavinia Stan eds., 2d ed. 2023), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3327004