☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Gacaca Courts

Community-based courts established in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide to try lower-level genocide suspects through a blend of traditional dispute resolution and modern legal procedure, handling over 1.2 million cases.

Etymology: Kinyarwanda 'gacaca' (on the grass, referring to the outdoor setting of traditional hearings) · Category: African Customary Law · Source: Organic Law No. 40/2000 (Rwanda)
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