Prime Minister's Order determining the Responsible for Providing Necessary Means for Repatriation of the Victim of Crime of Trafficking in Persons


Rwanda

Prime Minister's Order determining the Responsible for Providing Necessary Means for Repatriation of the Victim of Crime of Trafficking in Persons

Ministerial Order 19 of 2021

The Prime Minister,Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda of 2003 revised in 2015, especially in Articles 119, 120, 122 and 176;Pursuant to Law nº 51/2018 of 13/08/2018 relating to the prevention, suppression, and punishment of trafficking in persons and exploitation of others, especially in Article 15;On proposal by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General;After consideration and approval by the Cabinet, in its meeting of 14/07/2021;ORDERS:

Article One – Purpose of this Order

This Order determines an organ responsible for providing necessary means for repatriation of the victim of crime of trafficking in persons to Rwanda and modalities for their allocation.

Article 2 – Organ responsible for providing necessary means

The Ministry in charge of foreign affairs is responsible for covering the cost of transportation and other necessary means for repatriation of a victim of the crime of trafficking in persons to Rwanda.

Article 3 – Modalities for allocation of necessary means

The Ministry in charge of foreign affairs provides annually the budget to cover the cost of transportation and other necessary means for the repatriation of the victim of crime of trafficking in persons to Rwanda.If a victim who is of Rwandan nationality or had the right of permanent residence in Rwanda by the time he or she was trafficked is identified abroad or in a transit country, the Ministry in charge of foreign affairs collaborates with other relevant institutions in the country and abroad and pays the necessary cost to repatriate him or her to Rwanda.

Article 4 – Authorities responsible for the implementation of this Order

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning are entrusted with the implementation of this Order.

Article 5 – Commencement

This Order comes into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda.
▲ To the top

History of this document

30 August 2021 this version
29 August 2021
Assented to