Collective rituals, emotional climate and intergroup perception: Participation in "Gacaca" tribunals and assimilation of the Rwandan genocide

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The impact of Gacaca tribunals in Rwanda: Psychosocial effects of participation in a truth and reconciliation process after a genocide (2011, background): “For perpetrators, these trials meant the end of a long state of uncertainty about their fate as well as their possible reintegration in the community (Kanyangara et al., 2007; Mullet, Nann, Kadiangandu, Neto, & Pinto, 2010; Staub et al., 2003).”
Beyond the myth of venting: Social sharing modes determine the benefits of emotional disclosure (2012, background): “…both a basic consideration of our theoretical model (Rimé, 2009) and a well-documented finding in interpersonal (Christophe & Rimé, 1997, Collins & Miller, 1994; Laurenceau et al., 1998; Horowitz et al., 2001) and collective expression situations (Kanyangara et al., 2007, Rimé et al., 2010, 2011).”
Psychosocial effects of participation in rituals of transitional justice: A collective-level analysis and review of the literature of the effects of TRCs and trials on human rights violations in Latin America (2010, background): “After the Gacaca, the perception of positive emotions in the social climate was markedly increased among perpetrators who participated whereas no effect was found for them in regard to negative climate (Kanyangara et al., 2007).”