As indicated by the Ministry of Justice (MINIJUST), these laws are over 1000 said to be obsolete.
Rwanda was a colony of two countries, German (1900-1916) and Belgium between (1916-1962).
In an interview with IGIHE, Alain Songa Gashabizi, the acting head of the department for law research, reform, and revision at the Rwanda Law Reform Commission (RLRC) said that some laws in Rwanda are outdated.
He explained, after the independence of Rwanda in 1962, the then president announced that all international agreements signed by Belgium during the colonial rule have to be applied in Rwanda.
“This means, if Belgium signed agreements with France on a particular issue, they may bring these agreements to say Rwanda has such duties in France and Belgium based on the announcement,” said Gashabizi.
Others he said are outdated include approved laws during the colonial rule with clauses limiting black people in accessing some places.
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