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
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two former administrative officials have been sentenced...
Two former administrative officials have been sentenced to death by a tribunal of Cyangugu (South-west)
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders...
A Reporters Sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders - RSF) delegation visited Rwanda between 2 and 10 October 2001, to examine the country's press freedom situation, and in particular the new press law, passed on 28 September 2001 by parliament
- OCTOBER 14, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Gikongoro [southern Rwanda] sentenced five...
A court in Gikongoro [southern Rwanda] sentenced five people to death and seven to life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 8, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Kigali have tried and sentenced to death...
Courts in Kigali have tried and sentenced to death at least 500 of the bigger fish in the genocide case
- OCTOBER 4, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In a unique experiment in grassroots justice, millions...
In a unique experiment in grassroots justice, millions of Rwandans went to the polls to elect the 260,000 men and women who will preside over the community courts that judge thousands of suspected perpetrators of the genocide of 1994
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In the first six months of 2001 Rwandan courts sentenced...
In the first six months of 2001 Rwandan courts sentenced 74 people to death for their part in the 1994 mass killing of Tutsi and politically moderate Hutus, a Rwandan human rights said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan journalists advised government to establish...
Rwandan journalists advised government to establish a law that provides for freedom of the press in order to avoid conflict, the president of Rwanda Journalist Association (ARJ), James Vuningoma, said
- AUGUST 8, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Former Rwandan mayor Jean Mpambara pleaded not guilty...
Former Rwandan mayor Jean Mpambara pleaded not guilty to genocide before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- AUGUST 1, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Colonel Peter Habimana, leader of the [rebel] Rwandan...
Colonel Peter Habimana, leader of the [rebel] Rwandan Liberation Army, was sentenced to death together with another 14 defendants found guilty of involvement in the 1994 genocide
- JULY 11, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Hirondelle news agency reported that eleven people...
The Hirondelle news agency reported that eleven people were sentenced to death for involvement in Rwanda's 1994 genocide by a court in Gikongoro, southwest Rwanda
- JUNE 25, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda has appointed a legal reform commission to examine...
Rwanda has appointed a legal reform commission to examine all existing laws in the country as part of an ongoing preparation for a change of government through elections in 2003
- JUNE 16, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda's justice minister said that a Rwandan court...
Rwanda's justice minister said that a Rwandan court sentenced nine ethnic Hutus to death at a mass trial for more than 100 suspects accused of involvement in the country's 1994 genocide