arbitrarily. In 2007, death penalty was abolished and replaced with life imprisonment.13 Apart from the formal abolition of death penalty in the penal code, Rwanda recently ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture which demonstrates the commitment to protect and promote human dignity and moral integrity. Furthermore, Rwanda has currently removed its reservation on the Maputo Protocol related to abortion and this aims at protecting the lives of unborn child and their mothers. 79. The right to life goes with the right to health and that is one of the reasons the Government has made maternal and child health a priority in all development programs. Considerable advancement have been made to ensure maternal and child health. The country has now 6 referral hospitals in different regions of Rwanda, one provincial hospital in each Province, one or more district hospitals in each District, and 96% of the 416 administrative sectors have at least one health centre. This resulted in the reduction of the time needed to reach a health centre from about 95 minutes in 2005 to 60 minutes in 2015. 80. These efforts have directly led to reduction of motality rates and has increased life expectancy from 49 years in 1994 to 64 years today. The government also continues to provide health insurance which is mandatory for all citizens. The recent report on Mituelle de sante shows that the coverage for the fiscal year 2015 – 2016 is measured at 81,68%. Health policies have been adopted to foster the above-mentioned programs. Some of these policies on health include: Health Sector Policy 2015; Rwanda Pharmacy Policy 2016, Health Sector ICT Security Policy January 2016, National Community Health Policy; Health Financing Sustainability Policy March 2015 ;National Food and Nutrition Policy; NCDs Policy 2015 and the Community-Based Health Insurance Policy Of 2010. Article 5: Right to dignity, prohibition of torture and slavery 81. The Rwandan Constitution prohibits physical abuse or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment as provided in its article 14. In addition, the Constitution also provides that crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes are punishable by the law. Inspections are conducted regularly by the 13 See Organic law no 31/2007 of 25/07/2007 relating to Abolition of the Death Penalty. Page 30 of 105