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Usta Kayitesi is a Rwandan legal scholar and former Deputy CEO of the Rwanda governance board (RGB). She succeeded Prof Anastase Shyaka as the CEO of RGB following his appointment as Minister of Local Government (MINALOC).[1][2]

Education and Career

Kayitesi holds a PHD in Law and has a background in academia. she previously served as as a lecturer at the former University of Rwanda (NUR). Later, when NUR merged with all public Universities in Rwanda, she was appointed the principal of the college of Arts and Social Sciences(CASS).

Usta Kayitesi holds the position of chief Executive officer at Rwanda Governance Board and also served as commissioner in the Rwanda Law reform Commission.[3] Prior her current roles. she has also contributed to various capacities at UR Law School.[4] In 2015 Usta Kayitesi served as Vice Chairperson of the technical support commission to the Rwandan Parliament for the review of the constitution of the Republic of Rwanda. she has been a member of Rwanda Bar Association and the Easter African Law society.

Kayitesi academic achievement include a PhD in Law from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, a master of Laws from the University of Ottawa Canada, and Bachelors degree in Law from former University of Rwanda. She has contributed extensively to legal scholarship particularly on victimological approaches to international crimes in Africa. one of her noble publication is " prosecution of Genocidal Rape and sexual torture before the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda." [5]

Reference

  1. ^ https://en.igihe.com/news/rgb-and-rbc-get-new-leaders. {{cite news}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Ntarindwa, Frank (2023-05-17). "Calls grow for communities to be cautious about religious cults". The New Times. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  3. ^ https://www.rgb.rw/1/about-rgb/senior-manager. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://en.igihe.com/news/rgb-and-rbc-get-new-leaders. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Kaitesi, Usta; Havema, Roelof (2011), de Brouwer, Anne-Marie; Pemberton, Antony; Letschert, Rianne; Haveman, Roelof (eds.), "Prosecution of Genocidal Rape and Sexual Torture before the Gacaca Tribunals in Rwanda", Victimological Approaches to International Crimes: Africa, Supranational Criminal Law, Intersentia, pp. 385–410, ISBN 978-1-83970-308-9, retrieved 2024-03-20