ORGANIC LAW N° 31/2007 OF 25/07/2007 RELATING TO THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY | 31/2007 OF 25/07/2007 — Rwanda law | Esheria

ORGANIC LAW N° 31/2007 OF 25/07/2007 RELATING TO THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

This provision says the Organic Law abolishes the death penalty.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
31/2007 OF 25/07/2007
Status
In force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
mul
Updated
Official source
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Statute overview

About this statute

This provision says the Organic Law abolishes the death penalty. The death penalty is abolished. Before this Organic Law took effect, texts that used the death penalty are replaced with life imprisonment or special life imprisonment under this Law. A person convicted to life imprisonment with special provisions has no release, mercy, or conditional rehabilitation before serving at least 20 years, and is kept in isolation. Death sentences handed down before this law started are converted into life imprisonment or life imprisonment with special provisions. If there was a revision request, that conversion applies only after the final decision.