“African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs”
African States should strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders, particularly women human rights defenders, ISHR has said during the opening of the 56th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)…
While welcoming the adoption and promulgation of the Law on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Côte d’Ivoire last June, Clément Voulé, programme manager at ISHR, stressed that a clear framework for implementation still needs to be developed. ‘We urge the government of Côte d’Ivoire to adopt an executive decree to ensure full implementation of this law,’ said Mr Voulé. He added that the government should periodically review the application of the law in partnership and consultation with civil society and national human rights institutions with the view to closing protection gaps…
The ACHPR will launch its report on the freedom of association and assembly at its present session. In this context, ISHR expressed its concern over the increased arbitrary detention, killings and judicial harassment of human rights defenders in Africa under severely restrictive NGO laws and anti-protest laws, particularly in Egypt.
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African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs - See more at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/african-states-strengthen-legislative-frameworks...African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs - See more at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/african-states-strengthen-legislative-frameworks...
African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs - See more at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/african-states-strengthen-legislative-frameworks...African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs - See more at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/african-states-strengthen-legislative-frameworks...
African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs - See more at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/african-states-strengthen-legislative-frameworks...
African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs - See more at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/african-states-strengthen-legislative-frameworks...African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs - See more at: http://www.ishr.ch/news/african-states-strengthen-legislative-frameworks...
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