The course will critically examine the different traditional African justice systems like; mato oput (in Acholi Traditions), the Gachacha courts (in Rwandan society), reconciliatory justice, restorative justice, punitive justice (excommunication from societies), etc.
By the end of the course the student should have learnt the following:1. The values and weaknesses of the different African justice systems and human right practices like; reconciliatory justice, restorative justice, etc.2. The issues of human rights, justice and law in traditional African Societies in regard to women and men, children and adults, able and the disabled, the individual and the community, widows and widowers, orphans and the other children, strangers and community members.3. The comparative advantages between the traditional justice systems and human right practices and the modern systems.
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