How limitation clauses impact on basic rights

 Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) members and allies are touting the proposed constitution (2014) as the best in Africa. This is supposedly because it generally includes public views and provides for the rights of various groups in society (Articles 32-59).

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Daily News

29 Oct

No birth certificate no basic rights

Daily News
No birth certificate no basic rights
Daily News
PEOPLE without birth certificates have a murky future as they will be denied employment, land ownership and other basic social services entitled to nationals. The Deputy Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ms Angela Kairuki, sounded the caution in ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

12 Feb

Most Tanzania children with disabilities do not access basic rights: TAS

IPPmedia
Most Tanzania children with disabilities do not access basic rights: TAS
IPPmedia
About 97 percent of children with disabilities in Tanzania do not get access to some of their basic rights, including education, says an official with the Tanzania Albinism Society (TAS). The TAS Public Relations Officer, Joseph Torner accused parents of hiding ...

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

20 Nov

Activists want basic rights, freedoms incorporated into set national laws

Activists want basic rights, freedoms incorporated into set national laws
IPPmedia
The government has been challenged to incorporate regional and international instruments on freedom of expression and freedom of media into local laws and regulations. The call comes in the wake of the African Media Barometer report released this week ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Nov

Confidentiality clauses in Tanzania’s oil, gas agreements

A heated debate is raging in Tanzania regarding whether or not the Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) that the country signs with international oil companies should be made public.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

Judges decline to reinstate 8 clauses in new security laws

The government Friday suffered a major blow in its attempt to enforce tough security laws after the Court of Appeal refused to reinstate suspended clauses.

 

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

08 Jun

Why thorough basic law crucial

Today, in a series of my articles which try to respond to the proposals of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) following the publication of the second Draft Constitution, I would like to critically, but constructively differ with CCM’s proposal that the Draft Constitution is too much detailed to the extent that it lacks profundity and brevity as it is supposed to be.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

23 Sep

Science labs truly a basic necessity

Science labs truly a basic necessity
IPPmedia
Science plays a pivotal role in human development, and this is why nations across the globe place a premium on the teaching of science subjects at all levels of education and training. In Tanzania, the government has set November this year as the deadline ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Nov

New basic law could easily be tampered with

On April 30 next year, Tanzanians through a referendum will decide if they want the proposed Constitution to be their new and permanent Constitution or not. If they vote for it, then it will be their Constitution for many years to come, affecting not only the current generation, but many others in the future.

 

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