Live statuteSupportedRWHolocaust / genocide denial
art. 4
Law n° 59/2018 of 22/8/2018 on the Crime of Genocide Ideology and Related Crimes
- Target
- Public act that manifests an ideology supporting or advocating destruction, in whole or in part, of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
- Test
- In public, verbally, in writing, through images, or in any other manner. This is genocide ideology, not a listed-speech offence.
- Max
- 5 to 7 years and a fine of FRW 500,000 to 1,000,000
A person who, in public, either verbally, in writing, through images or in any other manner, commits an act that manifests an ideology that supports or advocates for destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, commits an offence. Upon conviction, he/she is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) years and not more than seven (7) years, with a fine of not less than five hundred thousand Rwandan francs (FRW 500,000) and not more than one million Rwandan francs (FRW 1,000,000).
Official Gazette special of 25 September 2018, Law 59/2018 art. 4. The Law was drafted, considered, and adopted in Kinyarwanda; this English is the Gazette English. RwandaLII hosts the Gazette text.
Cite · Law 59/2018, art. 4 · as of 2026-09-05
- Do not treat art. 4 as Israel §24 or as a listed-speech offence.
- Genocide-ideology overlay. Art. 5 (denial), art. 6 (minimisation), and art. 7 (justification) are neighbouring cells, not this quote.
- Law 18/2008 was the predecessor and is not live.