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GSoD Indices Data 2013-2022

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Basic Information

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Population Tooltip
13 276 517
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente (since 2017)
Head of government party
Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
List Proportional Representation
Women in lower or single chamber
61.3%
Women in upper chamber
34.6%
Last legislative election
2018
Head of state
President Paul Kagame
Selection process for head of state
Direct election (two-round majority)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
25/01/2021
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
56.34%
Population Tooltip
13 276 517
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente (since 2017)
Head of government party
Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
List Proportional Representation
Women in lower or single chamber
61.3%
Women in upper chamber
34.6%
Last legislative election
2018
Head of state
President Paul Kagame
Selection process for head of state
Direct election (two-round majority)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
25/01/2021
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
56.34%
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Human Rights Treaties

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State Party State party
Signatory Signatory
No Action No action
United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
State Party
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
State Party
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
State Party
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
State Party
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
State Party
Convention on the Rights of the Child
State Party
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
State Party
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 
No Action
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
State Party
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
State Party
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
State Party
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
State Party
Equal Remuneration Convention
State Party
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
State Party
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
State Party
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
State Party
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
State Party
Regional Treaties
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
State Party
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Performance by category over the last 6 months

Representation neutral Representation
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Representation neutral Rights
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Representation neutral Rule of law
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Representation neutral Participation
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Global State of Democracy Indices

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Representation
Representation
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high 0.7-1.0
mid 0.4-0.7
low 0.0-0.4
Rights
Rights
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/1
high 0.7-1.0
mid 0.4-0.7
low 0.0-0.4
Rule of Law
Rule of Law
0
/1
high 0.7-1.0
mid 0.4-0.7
low 0.0-0.4
Participation
Participation
0
/1
high 0.7-1.0
mid 0.4-0.7
low 0.0-0.4
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Factors of Democratic Performance Over Time

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