Unity and Reconciliation Process through Gacaca Courts in Rwanda.

After the 1994 Tutsi genocide, Rwanda had to rebuild and unite again. It’s in our nature that every society that’s united always achieves goals that they all believe in.
There were many genocide perpetrators, thousands of cases had to be tried and resolved and then unite Rwandans once again. The Rwandan government had to think of a way to get this issue resolved. Finally a solution came up and the government introduced a new system called “Gacaca courts”. The Gacaca courts were a traditional system that was practiced in the process of unity and reconciliation during the middle ages in Rwanda. In the process of unity and reconciliation, Gacaca courts are practiced in a way that the perpetrator, with the victim and the whole society around, has to honestly speak out the truth to what he/she did to the family members of the victim in order to get back the dignity of the victim. The whole society acts as mediators between the perpetrator and the victim until the solution is resolved.
The results have shown that thousands of cases have been tried using the Gacaca courts compared to any judicial system that has been entrusted with these conflict issues that were raised in Rwanda. Development is now being achieved. It’s all about the whole society being united.