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
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support abolishing the death penalty for genocide suspects held by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, if the prisoners were to be transferred to Rwandan national jurisdiction
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he would support abolishing the death penalty for genocide suspects held by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, if the prisoners were to be transferred to Rwandan national jurisdiction
- AUGUST 31, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda would not waive the death penalty, the country's...
Rwanda would not waive the death penalty, the country's representative to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal (ICTR) for Rwanda said
- JUNE 2, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan tribunals sentenced 18 people to death in 2003...
Rwandan tribunals sentenced 18 people to death in 2003 for their participation in the 1994 genocide, according to Amnesty International in a report it released the previous week on the state of human rights in the world
- APRIL 21, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that in the past week nine other people...
It was reported that in the past week nine other people were sentenced to death by the Kaduha Court of First Instance in Rwanda for the murder of Emille Ndahimana
- APRIL 11, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The capital crimes in Rwanda are murder, robbery, sorcery, offences against the State, genocide and crimes against humanity.
The capital crimes in Rwanda are murder, robbery, sorcery, offences against the State, genocide and crimes against humanity.
- MARCH 5, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan court sentenced nine people to death and...
A Rwandan court sentenced nine people to death and one to life imprisonment over the killing of a survivor who was due to testify about their role in the country's 1994 genocide
- MARCH 1, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned...
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Five people were sentenced to death for the murder of Charles Rutinduka, a genocide survivor killed on 26 November 2003, in Kaduha, Gikongoro Province
- AUGUST 1, 2003RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan court in Gikonko convicted 105 people of...
A Rwandan court in Gikonko convicted 105 people of involvement in the central African country's 1994 genocide, with 11 of them getting the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses...
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses against the State and crimes against humanity
- JANUARY 1, 2003RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The government of Rwanda maintains a list of genocide...
The government of Rwanda maintains a list of genocide suspects, which is divided into four categories, ranging from alleged planners and killers to those who looted or committed other less serious crimes