Restorative justice aims to heal victims' wounds, return offenders to law-abiding lives, and repair damage to interpersonal relationships and the community. It aims to involve all stakeholders and provide the opportunity for those most affected by the crime to be directly involved in the process of responding to the harm caused.” The Rwandan government suffered considerable violence due to the loss of its two main ethnic groups, the Hutu and Tutsi. The large-scale massacres have caused millions of orphans and indescribable agony in a country that has yet to be restored and healed. After such tragic events of rape, torture and beheading of innocent people, the widespread horror is still etched in the memories of survivors. For an individual, taking the life of another person is one scenario and raping and killing a person under the watch of their family is another. Imagine the place and the anguish given by the victim who fights or strives to maintain his life with all his being, while the oppressor ignores his cries to resolve the situation. This person is not in the right state of mind and probably does not know the purpose or consequences of their action. In 1994, the world witnessed one of the most systematic and extensive massacres of our time in Rwanda. By the end of the massacre, a million people were dead and hundreds more bore physical and psychological scars. The genocide was fueled by years of hatred between Hutu and Tutsi. After the genocide, the Rwandan government was given the task of designing a justice system suitable for prosecuting the perpetrators of the genocide and restoring peace to the country. Due to the absence of a competent judiciary...... middle of paper ......essay/restorative justice >National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (2010). Barometer of reconciliation in Rwanda. Accessed January 2, 2012, from http://www.nurc.gov.rw/fileadmin/templates/Documents//RWANDA_RECONCILIATION_BAROMETER.pdfNational Unity and Reconciliation Commission (2012). Reconciliation tools. Retrieved February 5, 2012 from http://www.nurc.gov.rw/reconciliation-tools/itorero.html Kubai, A. (2007). Between justice and reconciliation: The survivors of Rwanda. African Security Review, 16(1), 53-66. Richters, A., Dekker, C. de Jonge, k, and Ullrich, J. (2008). The role of acceptance and empowerment in promoting reconciliation from a needs-based perspective. Social Issues and Policy Reviews, 2(1), 159,186Saccaggi, B. Basic Justice: Rwanda's Gacaca Courts and Local Concepts of Reconciliation. www.consultancyafrica.com .