Making sense of the Rwandan Law Relating to Serving Life Imprisonment with Special Provisions

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2011

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Pretoria University Law Press (PULP)

Abstract

In October 2010, the Rwandan Law Relating to Serving Life Imprisonment with Special Provisions came into force. As the name suggests, the law is applicable to offenders sentenced to life imprisonment with special provisions. This article highlights the gaps in that law and suggests ways through which those gaps could be eliminated.

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Rwanda, Legislation, Life imprisonment, Life sentence, Death penalty, Organic Law Relating to the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Rehabilitation

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Mujuzi, J.D. (2011). Making sense of the Rwandan Law Relating to Serving Life Imprisonment with Special Provisions. African Human Rights Law Journal, 11(1): 296-308