EXCERPT: Fight for human rights requires dogged refusal to admit defeat

>Rights are not given, they are claimed. This needs firm stand for we live in a world in which the powerful think they are better than others. Laeticia Mukurasi (pictured) shares with readers what she went through, while she was working with FAL as a senior manager, who fell victim to unfair dismissal. Read on...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Daily News

21 Aug

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge
Daily News
THERE is an urgent need to formulate and lay down principles and guidelines to further strengthen the criminal justice system in the country with regard to arrest, police custody and pre-trial detention to ensure compliance with International standards.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Feb

Defining human rights culture

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 states in paragraph 1 of its Preamble that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Aug

JK: I’ve done a lot to protect human rights

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday bid farewell to employees of the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) expressing optimism that his administration had done a great job in protecting people’s rights.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Dec

Human rights our critical virtue: VP

The government has reiterated its unflinching resolve to  sustain the battle against embezzlement of public funds.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

04 May

Role of human rights in Katiba

 Democracy as a normative framework requires constitution builders to support and guarantee civil and political rights. Since rights are indivisible, there are many rights recognised as economic, social, cultural or collective whose recognition completes political rights and makes it possible to realise them.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 May

Building human rights culture

There are several reasons for building human rights into a constitution; they indicate restrictions on government power, are a building block for democracy, establish a foundation for building a human rights culture, and are integral to the legitimacy of the Constitution. A human rights culture gives space to individuals and groups to organise and aggregate their interests.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

11 Dec

UN Hails Dar for Protecting Human Rights

UN Hails Dar for Protecting Human Rights
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA has been commended by the United Nations for its initiatives to promote and protect human rights. UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Alvaro Rodriguez said in Dar es Salaam during commemoration of the International Human Rights Day which is ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

29 Apr

Kafulila, others awarded by human rights defenders.

IPPmedia
Kafulila, others awarded by human rights defenders.
IPPmedia
Kigoma South Member of Parliament (NCCR-Mageuzi) David Kafulila (L) receives a trophy presented to him in Dar es Salaam yesterday in recognition of the part his whistle-blowing efforts played in the defence and promotion of human rights in Tanzania last ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Dec

Human rights: African democracy and dilemmas

Mid this week – December 10 to be exact -- the world marked the Human Rights Day. Tanzania joined the world to mark the day when nations and peoples looked back at their own back yards and evaluated themselves.

 

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