Progress in Judicial Reform in Rwanda
This 113-page report examines changes to the judicial system adopted over the past four years. The report documents reforms including the abolition of capital punishment, but identifies continuing areas of concern, including the susceptibility of judges to pressure from members of the executive branch and other powerful persons, and the failure to assure basic fair trial standards – including the presumption of innocence, the right to present witnesses in one’s own defense, and the right to protection from double jeopardy.
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- Law and Reality
- I. Summary
- II. Methodology
- III. Recommendations
- IV. Background
- V. Justice for the Genocide
- VI. Creating a Modern Professional Judicial System
- VII. "Divisionism" and "Genocide Ideology"
- VIII. Independence of the Judiciary
- IX. Challenges to Fair Trial Standards
- X. Equal Access to Justice: Prosecuting Crimes by RPA Soldiers
- XI. Future Plans for Justice
- XII. International Support
- XIII. Acknowledgments
- XIV. Annex 1: Number of Genocide Cases Judged
- XV. Annex 2: Analysis of RPA prosecutions by the Rwandan government for crimes committed in the year 1994