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
- DECEMBER 31, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Rwandan League for the Promotion and Defence of...
The Rwandan League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights said that fifteen Rwandans had been sentenced to death in the last three months of 2002 for their role in the 1994 genocide
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft...
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft constitution in a national constitutional conference over the weekend rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty
- JUNE 11, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts...
The long-awaited trials to be conducted by Gacaca courts - an adapted form of Rwandan traditional participatory justice - are to begin on 18 June to deal with the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide, in which Hutu extremists in the country killed some 800,0
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign
- APRIL 22, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
President Paul Kagame objected to investigations by...
President Paul Kagame objected to investigations by the Arusha war crimes tribunal prosecutor against members of RPA for alleged crimes against humanity
- MARCH 31, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death by the Nyamata...
Four people were sentenced to death by the Nyamata court of first instance in the joint trial of 74 people charged with involvement in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and other crimes against humanity
- JANUARY 20, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial...
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial of 23 suspects of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in the former Gungu Sector [phonetic] of Rwanda
- JANUARY 1, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses...
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses against the State and crimes against humanity
- JANUARY 1, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan courts issued 74 death sentences in the first...
Rwandan courts issued 74 death sentences in the first six months of 2001, according to Amnesty International
- DECEMBER 21, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he will not sign...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he will not sign into law a controversial press bill which advocates death penalty for journalists inciting genocide
- DECEMBER 11, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan national court in Kibungo Province recently...
A Rwandan national court in Kibungo Province recently tried Immanuel Habimana alias 'Cyasa' and 32 others were for genocide