Introduction : gender in transitional justice

Susanne Buckley-Zistel; Magdalena Zolkos

doi:10.1057/9780230348615.0003

Introduction : gender in transitional justice

Susanne Buckley-Zistel
, Magdalena Zolkos

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I cannot even kill a chicken. If there is a person who says that a woman" a mother" killed, then I'll confront that person' (Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, cited in Landesman, 2002). These are the words of Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, who currently stands trial before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which has been established to prosecute crimes committed during the 1994 genocide. Together with her son, she is accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and rape. Nyiramasuhuko is the first women to be tried by the ICTR.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gender in Transitional Justice
Editors	Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Ruth Stanley
Place of Publication	U.S.
Publisher	Palgrave
Pages	1-33
Number of pages	33
ISBN (Electronic)	9780230348615
ISBN (Print)	9780230246225
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230348615.0003
Publication status	Published - 2011

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