it also recognizes and solicits the support of religious and cultural leaders to accept and implement measures designed to protect the rights of women and children see also case study on china and case study on rwanda in kenya in the ntutu case the high court heard arguments by the sons of the deceased that masai customary law of succession does not recognize the rights of daughters to inherit the estate oftheirfathers however in rendering its decision the court applied international human rights law international covenants and treaties which had been ratified by kenya as well as previous case law