History
Vandeginste, "Rwanda: Dealing with Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity in the Context of Armed Conflict and Failed Political Transition"
Straus, "Origins and Aftermaths: The Dynamics of Genocide in Rwanda and their Post-Genocide Implications"
True or False
Gacaca Courts
100

The year that the Rwandan Genocide began

What is 1994

100

Rwanda has taken an almost exclusively ____ approach to dealing with its past

What is judicial

100

Straus' study focuses primarily on _____ of the genocide

What is perpetrators

100

There were no regional variations in when and how the violence started in different parts of Rwanda

False

100

A gacaca best described as

What is a meeting convened whenever necessary

200

What other event was taking place at the time of the Rwandan Genocide?

Rwandan Civil War

200

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was created ____ 8th, 1994

What is November 

200

Straus states that he believes the view that the Hutu are easily brainwashed into racist ideology breeds ___ and establishes a claim for repressive state measures  

What is insecurity 

200

The Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) is primarily Hutu 

False

200

Gacaca sentences are generally _____ than the standard justice system 

What is lighter

300

_____ is the colonizing country that introduced the ID card system to Rwanda

What is Belgium 

300

The local elections in 1999 were criticized for ____

What is their lack of freedom and fairness

300

Straus' study suggests that the average perpetrator was ______

What is the average adult male

300

The conflict is primarily between the Hutu majority and the Twa minority

False 

300

The gacaca process is reserved for _____

What is low-level perpetrators

400

The inciting incident that led to the beginning of the genocide

What is the assassination of President Habyarimana

400

The year did the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) invade Northern Rwanda

What is 1990

400

Straus' estimates that _____ of the active adult Hutu population participated in the genocide

What is 7-8%

400

In the early stages of the national trials, there were various violations of fair trial standards

True

400

It has been argued that the genocide and crimes against humanity have ___ the fundamental value structures that formed the basis for the gacaca

What is destroyed

500

The current Rwandan government is primarily ____

What is Tutsi

500

The Organic Law of Aug. 30, 1996, defines category 4 suspects includes

What is persons who committed offenses against property

500

According to Straus, the two main motivations to participate in the violence that came from his interviews were 

What is intra-Hutu coercion/intimidation and war-related motivations
500

The compensation awarded Tribunals of First Instance has not resulted in any actual payment to victims

True

500

The structure of the gacaca tribunals has ___ levels

What is 4

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