Mugabe reluctant to ratify African court protocol

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s refusal to ratify the protocol on the African Court on Human and People’s Rights is frustrating efforts to widen the monitoring of governments’ observance of human rights, the court’s officials have said.

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During a media tour of the court organised by Thomson Reuters Foundation last Wednesday, officials at the African Court said Mugabe, who is the African Union (AU) chair, should be leading by example.

NGOs file independent candidacy case against Dar in African Court

A past African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tanzania NGOs plan to file the application at the African Court seeking enforcement of the court’s decision on independent candidacy in the next two weeks and also table a document at the next African Union meeting in May. PHOTO | FILE 

By ROSEMARY MIRONDO, TEA Special Correspondent

IN SUMMARY

In June last year, a panel of AfCHPR Justices ruled that it was undemocratic for the government to force citizens to be members of a political party before they could be considered for public office.

Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) executive director Helen Kijo Bisimba says government has delayed complying with the order, with the country seven months away from holding a General Election slated for October 30, this year.

With the government focused on the preparation for the referendum on the proposed constitution, it has shelved minor amendments to the current Constitution, which could have included independent candidacy.

Civil society groups are in the process of filing an application at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) seeking enforcement of the court’s decision on independent candidacy in Tanzania.

MAADHIMISHO YA MIAKA 21 YA KUMBUKUMBU YA MAUAJI YA KIMBARI

Mgeni rasmi Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe na Balozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania, Eugene Kayihura wakiwasha mishumaa maalumu kuwakumbuka raia waliouawa katika mauaji ya Kimbari.

Mratibu Mkazi wa UN, Alvaro Rodriguez akizungumza katika Maazimisho ya Miaka 21 ya kumbukumbu ya mauaji ya Kimbari. Maadhimisho hayo yaliyoandaliwa na Umoja wa Mataifa kwa kushirikiana na Ubalozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania yamefanyika leo ukumbi wa Mlimani City jijini Dar es Salaam.

Mgeni rasmi Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe (wa pili kulia) akipata maelezo juu ya mwenendo wa mashauri toka ICTR mara baada ya kuwasili kwenye Maadhimisho hayo yaliyoandaliwa na Umoja wa Mataifa kwa kushirikiana na Ubalozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania yamefanyika leo ukumbi wa Mlimani City jijini Dar es Salaam wakiwa pichani.

Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe akizungumza na wageni waalikwa katika Maazimisho ya Miaka 21 ya kumbukumbu ya mauaji ya Kimbari. Maadhimisho hayo yaliyoandaliwa na Umoja wa Mataifa kwa kushirikiana na Ubalozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania yamefanyika leo ukumbi wa Mlimani City jijini Dar es Salaam.

Balozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania, Eugene Kayihura akizungumza katika Maazimisho ya Miaka 21 ya kumbukumbu ya mauaji ya Kimbari.

Mgeni rasmi Waziri wa Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki, Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe na Balozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania, Eugene Kayihura pamoja na meza kuu wakiwa wamesimama kimya kuwakumbuka raia waliouawa katika mauaji ya Kimbari.

Bendera za mataifa mbalimbali zikipepea nusu mlingoti nje ya ukumbi wa Mlimani City jijini Dar es Salaam, kuashiria tukio la kuwakumbuka raia wa Rwanda waliouawa mauaji ya kimbari.

Ofisa Mkuu wa Utawala wa Mahakama ya Mauji ya Kimbari ya Rwanda (ICTR), Sarah Kilemi akizungumza katika Maazimisho ya Miaka 21 ya kumbukumbu ya mauaji ya Kimbari.

Viongozi na mabalozi mbalimbali wakiwa katika Maadhimisho hayo yaliyoandaliwa na Umoja wa Mataifa kwa kushirikiana na Ubalozi wa Rwanda nchini Tanzania yamefanyika leo ukumbi wa Mlimani City jijini Dar es Salaam.

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