Rwanda
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- new, approved by referendum on May 26, 2003
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on German and Belgian law with customary law provisions
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; High Courts of the Republic; Provincial Courts; District Courts; Local Courts
RELIGIONS
Catholics 56.5%; Protestants 26%; Adventists 11.1%; Muslims 4.6%; Indigenous beliefs 0.1%; None 1.7
From the country
- JUNE 12, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On June 12, the specialized chamber of Butare (southern...
On June 12, the specialized chamber of Butare (southern Rwanda) court of first instance passed a death sentence on Patrice Nsanzurugo and his son, Daniel Segatasha and gave life imprisonment to a man identified as Munyakayanza, for genocide and other crim
- JUNE 3, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On June 3, a military court sitting in Gitarama (central...
On June 3, a military court sitting in Gitarama (central Rwanda) sentenced to death gendarme Maj
- JUNE 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In June, a journalist, Valerie Bemeriki, was arrested...
In June, a journalist, Valerie Bemeriki, was arrested and is to be charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for her role in the massacres
- APRIL 28, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Rwanda voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In April, the residents of Kivumu sector in Nyamyumba...
In April, the residents of Kivumu sector in Nyamyumba Commune of Gisenyi Prefecture (northwestern Rwanda), urged the region's judicial authorities to execute publicly Zachary Ndayazi, who confessed to having taken part in the massacre of 34 people early i
- MARCH 11, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On March 11, a military court in Rwanda upheld the...
On March 11, a military court in Rwanda upheld the death penalty on Pierre Bizimana, an officer in the former Rwandan army, and Martin Kageruka, a doctor, for the murder of Queen Rosalia Gicanda and her family, as well as other genocidal crimes in July 19
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, a court of first instance in Rushashi,...
On February 12, a court of first instance in Rushashi, Kigali Rural Prefecture held a joint trial of 30 people accused of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in Tare Commune of Kigali Rural Prefecture in 1994
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Cyangugu genocide court, in Rwanda's...
In February, the Cyangugu genocide court, in Rwanda's southwest, sentenced 3 people to death after finding them guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity
- JANUARY 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses...
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses against the State and crimes against humanity