La Succession FonciÃ¨re de la Femme Burundaise Face Ã la Coutume
Authors: Nzohabonayo Anaclet , Ndikumana Jean de Dieu 
Published: July 2020

Le Burundi a massivement ratifiÃ© les instruments juridiques internationaux dÃ©diÃ©s Ã  la lutte contre lâ€™exclusion de la femme. Il sâ€™est dotÃ© des programmes et politiques de planification qui consacrent une place prÃ©pondÃ©rante Ã  la protection des droits de la femme et Ã  son inclusion dans le tissu Ã©conomique et social. Des institutions aussi bien publiques que privÃ©es Å“uvrent dans lâ€™encadrement et la promotion de la femme. Ces efforts lÃ©gislatifs et institutionnels offrent un environnement favorable quâ€™il convient de mettre Ã  profit pour dÃ©velopper une lÃ©gislation destinÃ©e Ã  combattre les restrictions du droit de succession fonciÃ¨re de la femme. Pour examiner les diverses articulations de cette rÃ©flexion, la prÃ©sente Ã©tude a utilisÃ© les mÃ©thodes de recherche documentaire pour extraire des informations en exploitant les ouvrages, les articles et divers documents disponibles sur Internet. Lâ€™analyse des conventions et dÃ©clarations internationales relatives aux droits des femmes et lâ€™examen des politiques et outils de planification a permis de dÃ©velopper la problÃ©matique de cette Ã©tude. Les dÃ©veloppements de cette rÃ©flexion sont organisÃ©s autour de trois axes. La rÃ©flexion a analysÃ© dâ€™abord les donnÃ©es de lâ€™Ã©quation de la succession fonciÃ¨re de la femme au Burundi (1) pour ensuite dÃ©montrer que la coutume successorale est sous lâ€™emprise de plusieurs facteurs (2) limitant lâ€™effectivitÃ© du droit successorale de la femme. Enfin, lâ€™Ã©tude soutient quâ€™en dÃ©pit des restrictions des droits fonciers de la femme, des prÃ©mices dâ€™un Ã©largissement de ces droits existent (3).
Burundi has embraced international legal instruments against women's discrimination. It also has adopted various programs and policy incorporating womenâ€™s right protection. Many institutions have been created and dedicated to promoting its inclusion into the socio economic country life. We argue that all those factors constitute a favorable trend that should be used to develop legislation on the woman's inheritance of land. The latter is consolidating its social base and its integration into decision-making spheres. This gradual integration into the public affairs constitutes an encouraging step towards the evolution of the estate custom. To develop the topic, documentary and analytical research methods have been used. The study gathered documentation such as articles, books, legal texts as well Internet documents. We also consulted the various international agreements and declarations on the issue of women's rights and analyzed the long-term planning tools in Burundi as well as public policies relating to the gender dimension and the integration of women into decisionâ€™s the spheres. The analytical methods helped us to extract necessary information for the analysis. We organized the developments around three main ideas. First of all, we examine factors influencing land succession for women in Burundi (1). Subsequently, we demonstrate that the inheritance custom is under the influence ofseveral issues (2) such as its malicious interpretation and the slow socio-cultural evolution of women. Although the current situation of womenâ€™s land rights is not very bright, there are still signs of their possible extension (3).