Rwanda on restorative justice with a strong component of reconciliation. It has become common wisdom that the word Gacaca means ‘justice on the grass’. In fact the name Gacaca originates from the word umucaca, a Kinyarwanda word that refers to a plant that is so soft that people prefer to sit on it when they meet. These gatherings were meant to restore order and harmony for the purpose of establishing the truth about what happened and determining the punishment of perpetrators. Why is Gacaca preferable to the classical modern judicial system? Right after the Genocide we had around 120,000 prisoners who were suspected of participating in it. If we followed the modern judicial system, with lawyers and legal processes, it would take 300 years to finish the last case. Who would still be alive? The choice of using Gacaca to deal with Genocide crimes speeded up the process, and between 2002 and 2012 two million people were tried and found guilty. You can ask me how 120,000 became two million. This is very interesting because it is about the truth. Perpetrators were encouraged to confess, and the truth was a condition for forgiveness. By telling the truth prisoners denounced other people that they worked together with; that is how the number went as high two million. Gacaca tried two million cases in ten years, while the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) established by the United Nations tried less than one hundred cases in fifteen years. Gacaca used only 2.5 per cent of the budget of the ICTR. Ingando (solidarity camps): A civic education activity that has facilitated the smooth reintegration of former returnees, the then Rwanda armed forces, and provisionally released prisoners back to their communities. Target groups included women, youth groups, students joining university and local leaders. Umuganda (community work): Traditional community support to both individuals and the national cause has been revived in the interest of national reconstruction. This support comes in form of general cleaning, tree-planting, road works, building houses for vulnerable groups, and the construction of schools, health centres, etc. In all this work the government recognizes the involvement of civil society. Ubusabane: Community festivals aimed at enhancing unity and promoting partnerships among communities. Itorero Ry’igihugu: This was formerly a traditional Rwandan school to International Conference on Transitional Justice, Zimbabwe 51