Rwanda established village tribunals , known as the gacacas , to oversee cases . Gacacas courts were established to ease the burden on criminal court cases . The gacacas handled more than one million cases related to the 1994 genocide . The genocide in Rwanda left more people dead .
Rwanda established village tribunals , known as the gacacas , to oversee cases . Gacacas courts were established to ease the burden on criminal court prosecutions . The gacacas handled more than 1.5 million cases related to the 1994 genocide . The genocide in Rwanda left more 800,000 dead .