Re MURANGWA

Re MURANGWA

Statutory provisions authorizing prosecutorial authorities to issue search warrants and conduct warrantless searches under specified urgent circumstances do not violate constitutional rights to privacy, fair trial, or presumption of innocence, provided legal safeguards and post-search judicial review are available....

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Citation
RS/INCONST/SPEC 00001/2022/SC
Parties
Applicant: Murangwa Edward; Respondent: Republic of Rwanda
Court
Supreme Court
Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Judgment Date
22 December 2023
Case Number
RS/INCONST/SPEC 00001/2022/SC
Procedural Posture
Constitutional Petition / Final Judgment
Outcome
petition dismissed
Legal Topics
Search and Seizure, Presumption of Innocence, Separation of Powers, Right to Privacy, Right to Fair Trial
Source Language
rw
Constitutional Law Criminal Procedure Search and Seizure Presumption of Innocence Separation of Powers Right to Privacy Right to Fair Trial

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Parties

Murangwa Edward

Applicant

Republic of Rwanda

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Constitutional Petition / Final Judgment

  1. 1 Whether statutory provisions authorizing searches without judicial warrants violate constitutional rights to privacy and fair trial
  2. 2 Whether statutory language on 'reasonable grounds', 'probable evidence', and 'strong evidence' requires judicial clarification
  3. 3 Whether media exposure of suspects violates presumption of innocence

Ratio Decidendi

Statutory provisions authorizing prosecutorial authorities to issue search warrants and conduct warrantless searches under specified urgent circumstances do not violate constitutional rights to privacy, fair trial, or presumption of innocence, provided legal safeguards and post-search judicial review are available. The statutory language is sufficiently clear, and the Constitution does not require judicial clarification of terms. Media exposure of suspects is not mandated by law and does not constitute a constitutional violation.

Court Disposition

petition dismissed

Orders

  • Petition seeking declaration of unconstitutionality of statutory provisions dismissed.
  • Petition seeking judicial clarification of statutory terms dismissed.