Police Reform – 2000

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Police Reform – 2000

2000

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

A head of the newly formed national police force was appointed in February 2000.1 Another piece of legislation concerning the Rwandan National Police (RNP) was passed under Law No. 09/2000 of June 16, 2000. This law combined further or officially joined the former Gendarmerie Nationale, which was under the Ministry of Defense, with the former Communal Police under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Judicial Police under the Ministry of Justice.

  1. “Head of Newly-Formed Police, Other Top Security Officials Appointed,” BBC Worldwide Monitoring, February 16, 2000.