In the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, multiple transitional justice mechanisms have been used to ensure accountability, serve justice and achieve reconciliation, but mainly, to pursue the...Show moreIn the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, multiple transitional justice mechanisms have been used to ensure accountability, serve justice and achieve reconciliation, but mainly, to pursue the rights of the victims of Rwanda. The principal of TJ has mostly been on judicial mechanisms, and it has appeared that this is also the case in Rwanda. This research aims to view if and how the ordinary courts, the Gacaca courts and the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTR) for Rwanda have pursued Rwandan victims’ right to compensation. The 2005 Reparation Principles set out by the UN General Assembly indicate the rights of victims after gross violations of human rights. This document also clearly states the right to compensation for a victim. This principle forms the framework which makes it possible in the analysis to examine if and how the various judicial mechanisms in Rwanda have pursued this right. The analysis shows that the maybe not quite expected ordinary courts of Rwanda were best able to pursue the right of compensation compared to the other judicial mechanisms, even though these courts still showed a lack of consistency in providing compensation. The Gacaca courts have attempted to enforce this right. Still, they have largely failed to do so. The ICTR has hardly provided the Rwandan victims with compensation.Show less