Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC)

IPPmedia
Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC)
IPPmedia
Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) intend to challenge the High Court's ruling that as corporate bodies they had no authority to file a constitutional petition against Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda's remarks on law ...

IPPmedia

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

IPPmedia

05 Feb

Legal and Human Rights Centre to oversee Biometric Voters' Registration

IPPmedia
Legal and Human Rights Centre to oversee Biometric Voters' Registration
IPPmedia
The Legal and Human Rights Centre will oversee the countrywide Biometric Voters' Registration process expected to get going later this month. Hamisi Mkindi, Head of the Parliament and Elections Unit at LHRC, made the revelations in an exclusive interview ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

15 Feb

LHRC trains media on human rights

LHRC trains media on human rights
IPPmedia
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 ...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Nov

LHRC deploys researchers nationwide for Human Rights and Business Report

LHRC deploys researchers nationwide for Human Rights and Business Report
IPPmedia
Thirty research assistants have been deployed to all regions of Tanzania mainland to conduct an assessment on adherence of human rights in the country for this year's Human Rights and Business Report. The initiative is a brainchild of the Legal and Human ...

 

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

04 Mar

Legal advice is human right, all must have it

Conflict is inevitable, not only at the societal, national or international levels. There are conflicts that pit individuals in the community or family.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

23 Sep

CA to dwell on women's legal rights

Daily News
CA to dwell on women's legal rights
Daily News
THE right for women to inherit land and fifty-fifty men/ women representation in all decision-making authorities are some of the most contentious issues prioritised in the Draft Constitution to be presented on Wednesday. Speaking here yesterday, a Constituent ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

09 Mar

LHRC: Set up mechanism to protect women`s rights

IPPmedia
LHRC: Set up mechanism to protect women`s rights
IPPmedia
Legal and Human Right Centre (LHRC) will continue to advocate for legal framework that can protect Tanzanian women against Gender Based Violence (GBV), the centre's Executive Director said. “We need to put forward strong mechanism and laws to ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Apr

Make people aware of their legal rights

Make people aware of their legal rights
IPPmedia
In law, it is said, ignorance is no defence, meaning that one cannot commit an offence and get away with it by claiming ignorance of the law against it. In real life, however, one can be forgiven for not knowing the right way to fulfill some commitment and get ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Dec

Rights agency boss optimistic legal aid is vital for winning war against violence

Legal empowerment is a practical instrument that can halt massive discrimination and violence against women and girls in Tanzania, according to the Commissioner for Human Rights and Good Governance Judge Joaquine Demello.

 

Share