Findings on the implementation of the recommendations on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child adopted
On 27th March, 2018, the national Commission for Human Rights in collaboration with Save the Children organized a validation meeting on the implementation of the concluding observations on Rwanda’s second to fourth periodic...[more]
Business and Human Rights: Protect, Respect and Remedy
From 21st to 23rd March, 2018 at Golden Turip Hotel, Bugesera, Commissioners and senior staff from the National Commission for Human Rights pursued a 3-day workshop on Business and Human Rights themed “Understanding the link...[more]
The rights of detainees and prisoners increasingly respected
Reference made to Article 139 of the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda of 2003 revised in 2015 which provides for the establishment of the National Commission of Human Rights, and Article 42 which confers on it the special...[more]
The Swedish Ambassador to Rwanda pays a courtesy call on the Commissioners
This Monday, February 5, 2018, a delegation of Swedish Embassy in Rwanda led by the resident Swedish Ambassador to Rwanda, Mrs. Jenny Ohlsson, paid a courtesy call on the Commissioners. They exchanged on the mandate and the...[more]
National Commission for Human Rights designated as National Preventive Mechanism
Rwanda has designated National Commission for Human Rights as a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in order to comply with the Optional Protocol on Convention against Torture (OPCAT). The purpose of the OPCAT is to...[more]
Rwanda marked International Human Rights Day
On December 8th, 2017, Rwanda celebrated International Human Rights Day held at Musanze Stadium under the global theme “Stand up for someone’s rights today”. The theme at global was chosen to highlight 70 years working in...[more]
Fighting gender based violence requires the cooperation of all
Rwanda Senate Standing Committee on Political Affairs and Good Governance led by Hon Jean Nepomuscène Sindikubwabo visited the National Commission for Human Rights in the framework of oversight on the Government actions in...[more]