International Relations

Rwanda is a member of a number of global and regional organizations and treaties of interest to potential investors, including the following:

• The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI)

• The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

• The East African Community

• The Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP)

• The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

• The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

• The Paris Convention on Intellectual Property, the Universal Copyright Convention and the Berne Copyright Convention

• The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

• The World Trade Organization (WTO).

• Communaute Economique des Pays des Grand Lacs (CEPGL)

Rwanda has also signed several bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and double taxation treaties (DTTs).