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. Page 64 of 105

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