Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge
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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.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Oct

INSIGHT: Lawlessness bad for good governance, human rights

>Ever since our independence, Tanzania has been a unique country for its tranquillity. Its people, by and large, had deep respect for the law. The executive also respected the law, so did the other arms of state - the judiciary and the legislature. Disrespect for the law was both stigmatic and consequential.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

29 Aug

Bahame Tom Nyanduga, Human Rights and Good Governance Commission (HRGGC) chairman

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Bahame Tom Nyanduga, Human Rights and Good Governance Commission (HRGGC) chairman
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The State's human rights monitors forged a league with private colleagues yesterday faulting politicians and the related institutions for waging unfair and unsolicited pre-election campaigns, amid public dismay following vocal mud-slinging nature of ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Aug

Rights body asked to sue CA

Some residents of Monduli in Arusha Region have asked the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) to file a case against the Constituent Assembly (CA) leaders for violating the Constitutional Review Act 11.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

10 years ago

Graft Drive

28 Apr

Rights body agitates for reform of anti

Rights body agitates for reform of anti-graft drive
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THE government has been urged to revisit and reform the anti-corruption campaign as well as to impose severe punishment to those offenders as a way to curb corruption in the country. The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) made the call in its report, ...

 

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