ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book is the result of nine years of research, beginning as a doctoral thesis at the University of Oxford between 2001 and 2005 and continu­ing as a postdoctoral project until 2010.

I am deeply indebted to my DPhil supervisors, Professor Henry Shue and Professor David M. Anderson, for their engagement with this pro­ject over many years and their constant encouragement and insight.

Since 2001, I have received generous financial and other assistance from a range of institutions, including the Rhodes Trust, Balliol College, Brasenose College, the Department of Politics and International Relations, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, the Open Society Justice Initiative in New York, and the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster. These institutions enabled the fieldwork and the space to think and write that made this book possible.

My family has provided constant love and humour throughout this project, especially the Clark clan (Mum, Dad, Dan, Dave and Steve) in Adelaide and Darwin, Lis and Norm in Adelaide and Belfast, and John and Sandi in Melbourne.

I have benefited enormously from discussions about Rwanda with Zachary Kaufman, Solomon Nsabiyera, Maria Warren, Levi Ochieng, Mark Drumbl, Lars Waldorf, Mauro De Lorenzo, Bruno Versailles and Harry Verhoeven, whose comments and suggestions have constantly sharpened my thinking. Also vital in this regard has been the feed­back from lectures and seminars that I delivered at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, the Kigali Institute of Health, the National Service of Gacaca Jurisdictions, and the Rotary Club of Kigali-Virunga.

In Oxford and Belfast, an incredible group of friends and colleagues has always taken a keen interest in my research. I am particularly grate­ful to Clinton Free, Len Epp, Niall Maclean, John and Jo Pickhaver, Ian Macauslan, Anamitra Deb, Jan Strugnell, Chloe Lamb, Nick Gallus,

Tony Buti, Alex Wyatt, Kirk Simpson, Michael Hamilton, Jeremie Gilbert, Shane Darcy, Sara Templer, James Hickling, Steve Allender, Megan Claringbold, Charlie and Gill Foster, Steve and Marj Daley, Luke Jones and Greg O’Mahoney.

Some very special characters outside of Oxford have supported me throughout the writing of this book, particularly Kym, Dianne, Liz and Amanda Boxall, Bill and Sue Bonney, Robyn George, Phil Gregory, Mark Bahlin, Matt Skopal, Brett Stanford, Josh Couts, Paul Eagleton, Jenny Loken and Nate Keidel.

Finally, for her ceaseless love, care, humour, inspiration and passion­ate insight into Rwanda, I can’t give enough thanks to Nikki. I am sure we have many more gloriously winding Great Lakes roads ahead of us.