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Human Rights Commission to launch Office of the Commissioner for Children

  

The Human Rights Commission is to launch the Office of the Commissioner for Children next month aimed at promoting and protecting children’s rights in Zambia in line with the requirements of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

 

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Media Releases

·  Government must expedite acquisition of bullet-proof vests for police officers

· Commutation of 53 Death Sentences by President Rupiah Banda

 

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Human Rights Commission Commemorates 60 Years of UDHR

The Human Rights Commission has actively been involved in the year-long advocacy campaign launched on 10 December 2007 by the United Nations (UN) Secretary General to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Resources

• Central Province Prisons Report 

• Lusaka Province Prisons Report

• Community Radio Training Manual
• Annual State of Human Rights Report
• National Plan of Action
• Engagement Plan
• Strategic Plan

• Human Rights Act 1996

Latest news

The Human Rights Commission has reiterated its call on Government to expedite the acquisition of bullet-proof vests for police officers. The Commission’s Director, Mr. Enoch Mulembe, urged the Government to quicken the purchase of bullet-proof vests in a press statement released following the shooting of a police officer by armed robbers in Kafue.

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