Rwanda: Green Party's Term Limits Case - the Glaring Loopholes in the 'Amicus Curiae' Brief

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Rwanda flatly spurned a submission by the Centre for Human Rights represented by Kevin Gatete to act as a 'friend of the court' (known as amicus curiae) in support of an earlier petition filed by the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda against the constitutional amendment with respect to the proposed removal of presidential term limits.

In a prompt ruling, the Supreme Court elegantly summarised two key reasons for which it declared the inadmissibility of friend of the court's submission.

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