corruption body, more affirmative action for women and more decentralisation. The Rwanda report highlighted restrictions on political freedoms and said that voting at the local level compromised the principle of secret ballot enshrined in the constitution. It said Rwanda had achieved best practice in education and had achieved great progress in terms of gender equality. The report said the separation of powers between executive and the judiciary was ineffective, and expressed "serious concerns" about the legitimacy of Gacaca courts, which were established to reduce congestion in the court system and accelerate justice and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide. --More 2307 Local Time 2007 GMT
