Rwanda's legal system is largely based on
German and
Belgian civil law systems and
customary law
A legal custom is the established pattern of behavior that can be objectively verified within a particular social setting. A claim can be carried out in defense of "what has always been done and accepted by law".
Customary law (also, consuetudina ...
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Rwanda National Police
The Rwanda National Police is the national police service of Rwanda.
History
The service was created on 16 June 2000 by law No. 09 of 2000 and merged three earlier forces, the ''Gendarmerie Nationale'' of the Ministry of Defence, the ''Communal ...
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Rwanda Investigation Bureau
Historical secret police organizations
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Service Central de Renseignements
Service may refer to:
Activities
* Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty
* Civil service, the body of employees of a government
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
(SCR) (Central Information Service)
See also
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Rwanda National Police
The Rwanda National Police is the national police service of Rwanda.
History
The service was created on 16 June 2000 by law No. 09 of 2000 and merged three earlier forces, the ''Gendarmerie Nationale'' of the Ministry of Defence, the ''Communal ...
References and sources
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* World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004,
* World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems,second edition, Gale., 2006
* Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005.
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