Human rights our critical virtue: VP

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.

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.

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.

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.

 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.

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Gender equality, human rights in new Constitution - minister
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The government remains committed to gender equality and advancement of human rights especially now when the country is working on a new Constitution, the deputy minister of Community Development, Gender and Children, Pindi Chana has said.

The government’s response to allegations of the existence of State-run hit squads in an Al-Jazeera report broadcast this week was predictable.

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Kafulila, others awarded by human rights defenders.
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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 ...

LHRC trains media on human rights
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Members of the public should shun taking the law into their own hands because mob violence is evil, the Director of Advocacy and Reforms at the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) said here over the weekend. Advocate Harold Sungusia made the ...