Rwanda Case Law

Re. N.A ET AL

Court

Intermediate Court

Case number

RCA 00161/2020/TGI/NYGE

Gestational surrogacy is permitted under Rwandan law as a form of medically assisted reproduction, provided there is mutual consent. The surrogacy contract between the parties is enforceable. The child born through surrogacy must be registered as the child of the genetic parents (N.A and M.O) but should live with the surrogate mother (M.G) for six months to be breastfed, in line with the child's best interests.

Source excerpt

• Assisted reproductive technology
• Gestational surrogacy
• Child registration
• Parental rights
• Breastfeeding rights

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UBUSHINJACYAHA v. KANGABE

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

RPA 0027/16/CS

The Supreme Court held that having young children or chronic illness did not justify suspending execution of criminal judgments pending review, and dismissed the appeal.

• Suspension of sentence execution
• Rights of children of convicted persons
• Treatment of prisoners with chronic illness
• Criminal-appeal
• Suspension-of-execution
• Child-rights

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SAMIRA n’abandi v. NASSOR

Court

Supreme Court

Case number

RCAA 0019/13/CS

The Supreme Court held it had appellate jurisdiction because the dispute value exceeded 50,000,000 Frw, dismissed the jurisdiction objection, and admitted the appeal.

• Jurisdiction of supreme court
• Admissibility of appeal
• Succession rights of children
• Application of foreign law
• Valuation threshold for appeals
• Supreme-court-jurisdiction

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