184.
Rwanda also conceives the African Charter to be a unique human
rights document that provides unique opportunity to its Member States to
consolidate their traditional values for better protection and promotion of
human rights. Rwanda’s home-grown initiatives such as Inama
y’umushyikirano (national dialogue), abunzi (mediators), gacaca courts, itorero
(national civic leadership), umuganda (community work) among other local
initiatives have provided a framework to further the spirit of the African
charter. Besides, the progress made in the three generation rights i.e. civil and
political rights; socio-economic rights and solidarity rights remain
exceptional. Twenty two years after the worst human tragedy of the 20th
century have witnessed a huge and unprecedented progress in the field of
human rights than ever expected. It is however noted that challenges still
remain – a reason that calls for renewed efforts to consolidate the culture of
human rights respect in Rwanda. Such challenges range from ideological,
structural, financial to capacity challenges.
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