4° to publish verified information;
5° to give the floor to all parties subjected to the information;
6° to correct any published information that turns out to be false;
7° to comply with laws in force in Rwanda;
8° to respect people’s privacy when such privacy does not interfere with their public duties;
9° to respect the confidentiality of every citizen’s private life;
10° to respect rights to the intellectual property.
Article 13: Restrictions
A journalist shall be prohibited from:
1° using unlawful methods to obtain or to disseminate information, photographs and other
documents like when it shall observed works, documents of others or request for
authorization;
2° neglecting essential information, distort ideas contained in information or a text;
3° confusing the profession of a journalist with that of an advertiser;
4° publishing pictures or texts obtained through plagiarism;
5° slandering, abuse and defamation;
6° offering corruption or being corrupted;
7° diverting a printed or audiovisual document of which the rights of broadcasting and
distribution belong to other people;
8° interfering with one’s privacy by using the media such as sound recording, taking pictures or
images relating to one’s privacy and publish them without one’s consent;
9° make judgment while publishing information.
Article 14: Forbidden publications
The right to know or to publish documents from executive, judicial or legislative powers may
be limited where necessary on considering:
1° confidentiality in the national security and national integrity;