The High Council of the National Public Prosecution Authority

LAW N° 013/2018 OF 04/04/2018 DETERMINING THE ORGANISATION,POWERS AND FUNCTIONING OF THE HIGH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTION AUTHORITY

Article 3: Members of the High Council of the National Public Prosecution Authority

The High Council of the National Public Prosecution Authority is composed of the following members:

1° the Minister in charge of justice;
2° the Prosecutor General;
3° the Deputy Prosecutor General;
4° the Ombudsman;
5° the Chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights;
6° the Commissioner General of Rwanda Correctional Service;
7° the Military Prosecutor General;
8° Authority in charge of investigation organ;

9° two (2) National Prosecutors elected by their peers working at the same level;
10° two (2) Prosecutors at the intermediate level elected by their peers working at the same level;
11° two (2) Prosecutors at the primary level elected by their peers working at the same level;
12° two (2) Assistants to the National Public Prosecution Authority elected by their peers;
13° the Rector of the Institute of Legal Practice and Development;
14° the Dean of the Faculty of Law from public universities and institutions of higher learning;
15° one (1) Dean of the Faculty of Law from approved private universities and institutions of higher learning universities and institutions of higher learning elected by his/her peers;

16° the President of the Bar Association.

Article 10: Organs of the High Council of the National Public Prosecution Authority

The High Council of the National Public Prosecution Authority has the following organs:
1° the General assembly;
2° the Bureau;
3° Permanent committees.

Article 19: Powers of the High Council of the National Public Prosecution Authority

The High Council of the National Public Prosecution Authority has the following powers:
1° to examine matters relating to the functioning of the National Public Prosecution Authority;
2° to provide advice, either on its own initiative or upon request, on all matters pertaining to the functioning of the criminal justice system;
3° to make decisions relating to the exercise of the prosecution function and the conduct of Prosecutors, Assistants to the National Public Prosecution Authority and personnel of the National
Public Prosecution Authority falling within its jurisdiction with the exception of the Prosecutor General and the Deputy Prosecutor General;
4° to provide advice on the candidacy of the Prosecutor General and Deputy Prosecutor General.