Human Rights centres accelerate awareness on Katiba writing

Human Rights centres accelerate awareness on Katiba writing
Daily News
PEOPLE'S awareness on the draft of the proposed Constitution is likely to improve with campaigns to raise awareness on the Katiba. At a press conference held in Zanzibar, Mr Khamis Mkindi, the coordinator of the campaign, said activists from the Legal and ...

Daily News

Habari Zinazoendana

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

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.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

08 Dec

'Poor awareness of land laws denying Isles women rights'

'Poor awareness of land laws denying Isles women rights'
IPPmedia
Lack of awareness on land usage and ownership laws and regulations is a major factor denying majority of women in Zanzibar their land rights. The concession was reached by lawyers from Zanzibar's Ministry of Lands, Housing, Water and Energy over the ...

 

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

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

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.

 

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.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Dec

Human rights help us live in just and peaceful world

Every December 10 is Human Rights Day since it was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1950 to call the world’s attention and all people everywhere to respect human rights standards as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and other international and regional human rights instruments.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Human rights chief barred from Egypt

Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, and another senior staff member are denied entry to Egypt for "security reasons".

 

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