Rwanda adopted both the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (1996) and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures (2001) in 2010, but is not a party to the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (New York, 2005).Article 129 (item No.6) of the Information Communication and Technologies Law states that  electronic transactions in the country  should conform to the best practices of international standards. 