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Lawyers offer support during the launch of plea bargaining, where they provided free legal assistance to 24 inmates in Mageragere Prison in October 2022. Courtesy
Law

Gov’t set to implement alternative dispute resolution policies

Sunday, January 08, 2023
Bernard Maingain, a Belgian lawyer who has, for several years, condemned the anti-Tutsi hate speeches in eastern DR Congo.
Law

Belgian lawyer on why genocide ideology doesn’t dissolve three decades after dispersion of genocidaires

Monday, January 02, 2023
Faustin Ntezilyayo, the Chief Justice of Rwanda delivers remarks during the official launch of Plea bargaining in Kigali on October 11. Craish Bahizi
Law

Key events that shaped Rwanda's judiciary in 2022

Saturday, December 31, 2022
Delegates follow a presentation during a consultative meeting on Gender Based Violence in Kigali on December 2. Courtesy
Women

Activists raise alarm over increasing femicide cases

Sunday, December 04, 2022
East African Legislative Assembly ’s Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution members, MP Fatuma Ndangiza and Piere Celestin Rwigema during the meeting with representatives of Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), Rwanda National Police, Ministry of Justice, and civil society. Craish BAHIZI
Security

EALA, security organs set to draw measures against terrorism, human trafficking

Friday, November 11, 2022
Officials pose with some of the 96 mediators certified 96 by the Supreme Court after completing a 6-month course in professional mediation in Kigali on July 6. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Religious organisations to ease backlog in courts through mediation

Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Lawyers offer support during the launch of plea bargaining, where they provided free legal assistance to 24 inmates in Mageragere Prison. / Courtesy
Crime

Over 20 convicts secure plea bargain deals

Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Prisoners arrive at the High Court Special Chamber for International and Cross-border Crimes for a hearing, in Kigali in September last year. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
Law

Five changes poised to reshape the justice sector

Monday, October 24, 2022
Prisoners at Nyarugenge Prison in Mageragere Sector. Rwanda is set to increase the use of non-custodial mechanisms for convicts and detainees. Sam Ngendahimana
Law

Govt looks to increase use of non-custodial penalties

Friday, October 07, 2022
The New Times
Editorial

Plea bargain will boost restorative justice

Tuesday, October 04, 2022
Officials pose for a photo with some of the 96 mediators certified 96 by the Supreme Court after completing a 6-month course in professional mediation in Kigali on July 6. Photo: Courtesy.
Law

New policy on alternative justice to help reduce backlog in courts

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The New Times

Preventing violence against children as a way to achieve sustainable peace

Friday, September 23, 2022