The draft draft law regarding matrimonial regimes, family donations and successions that the Chamber of Deputies Standing Committee on Political Affairs, Gender and Social Affairs continued debating today aims to protect women genocide survivors and their descendants.
The draft draft law regarding matrimonial regimes, family donations and successions that the Chamber of Deputies Standing Committee on Political Affairs, Gender and Social Affairs continued debating today aims to protect women genocide survivors and their descendants.
Lambert Dushimimana, the legislative drafting specialist from the Rwanda Law Reform Commission, told The New Times that the even though the existing law empowered women in as far as succession, acquiring family donations and gifts (Iminani) was concerned, it did not cater for female 1994 Tutsi Genocide survivors who wanted to inherit the properties of their deceased families.
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"The existing law looked into the future; intending to give female descendants the rights to succession and family donation. It was to be implemented effective from 1999 onwards. However, it meant that the existing problems before that time were isolated”, he said.
According to Dushimimana, many genocide victims who had given birth to only girls had their properties inherited by paternal male relatives, leaving them at the mercies of their male relatives, who would at times misused the properties.
The Committee had so far amended 41 out of the 99 articles that comprised the entire bill by the time they adjourned for recess on Friday.
More details in tomorrows The New Times...
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