The Supreme Court of Rwanda is the highest court of

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

, as defined by Article 143 of the 2003

Constitution of Rwanda The Constitution of Rwanda was adopted by Rwandan constitutional referendum, 2003, referendum on May 26, 2003. It replaced the Constitution of 1991. The Constitution provides for a presidential system of government, with separation of powers be ...

. Article 144 of the Constitution determines that the Supreme Court is the highest jurisdiction in the country. Article 145 empowers the Supreme Court to coordinate and oversee the activities of the lower courts and tribunals, while ensuring judicial independence. Aloysie Cyanzayire was the first female president of the Supreme Court of Rwanda; she served an eight-year term from 2004 until 2012.House, Freedom (2008-09-05). Freedom in the World 2008: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9780742565982. p.592.Kamatali, Jean-Marie. (2016). “Rwanda: Balancing Gender Quotas and an Independent Judiciary” in Gretchen Bauer and Josephine Dawuni, (eds) Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity?, New York: Routledge:

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