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- Immediately close the Gikondo detention center and any
other irregular detention centers elsewhere in the country, and either
release detainees or present them before a magistrate in accordance with
Rwandan law. If any are to be further detained, ensure that they are
detained in legally recognized facilities and in accordance with Rwandan
criminal procedure.
- Ensure that children released from detention are reunited
with family members or have the opportunity to enter the care of
appropriate centers.
- Permit human rights organizations and other
representatives of international agencies immediate access to the Gikondo
detention center and allow them to monitor the closing of the facility and
the release of detainees or their appearance before magistrates.
- Investigate how and under what authority the center was
opened, and investigate any instances of harm to persons detained there.
Conduct these investigations with a view to prosecuting those who have
committed any offenses against detainees and to taking appropriate action
against those responsible for the treatment of the detainees in Gikondo.
- Repeal the 1896 regulations which permit detention for
“vagrancy.” Ensure that powers permitting detention or that restrict rights
such as freedom of movement are clearly set out in law. Ensure that laws
regulate specific, foreseeable conduct and comply with international human
rights standards.
- Use your influence to ensure that the Gikondo center and
any others like it be closed immediately, and that detainees of such
facilities be treated in accordance with Rwandan law and international
human rights norms.
- Press the Rwandan government to provide sustainable
mechanisms and programs to protect and assist vulnerable children. Assist
the Rwandan government in this by providing the means necessary for such
mechanisms and programs.
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