Workers rights

The Rwanda constitution stipulates that everyone has the following rights:

• right to work
• free choice of employment
• favorable condition of work
• protection against unemployement
• social welfare and social justice
• right to protection
• protection against descrimination
• protection against vulnerability

It is because of the need to respect the above rights that social protection and employment policies were developed to be reviewed.

In May 2009, a new Law No 13/2009 of 27 May 2009 regulating labour in Rwanda was promulgated. This Law clearly affirms the fundamental rights to employment and labour by including chapters such as

• the prohibition of child labour
• the provision for the protection of workers against violence and harassment
• the prohibition of all forms of discrimination in the erea of employment
• the freedom of expression and the right to and the freedom to form or joint trade unions