Rwanda

Population Statistics

12,661,733

Total Population

1,899,260

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

15
jul

Rwandan Chamber of Deputies 2024

2024

15 December 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda (2003, last amended 2010)

Updated: June 2015

Article 8 states:

Suffrage is universal and equal for all citizens.

 

Article 11 states:

All Rwandans are born and remain free and equal in rights and duties. Discrimination of whatever kind based on, inter alia, ethnic origin, tribe, clan, colour, sex, region, social origin, religion or faith, opinion, economic status, culture, language, social status, physical or mental disability or any other form of discrimination is prohibited and punishable by law.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda (2003, last amended 2010)