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Lesotho Council of NGOs (LCN)
is holding a three day workshop on human rights monitoring
specializing with disability rights at the Anglican Centre. |
Lesotho Council of NGOs (LCN)
is holding a three day workshop on human rights monitoring
specializing with disability rights at the Anglican Centre. The
workshop started on 18th October, 2006 and will end on the 20th
October.
The workshop is aimed at introducing the NGOs to the standard
monitoring tool for human rights especially on rights of people with
disability. The tool will be used during monitoring the rights of
the people with disability.
The Human Rights programme is aimed at monitoring, identifying and
addressing violations in various government institutions in a view
to enhance democratic rule in Lesotho. The programme comprises of
training, monitoring, documenting, educating and reporting of human
rights violations. The programme has worked on monitoring the
following rights, detained persons rights, workers rights, youth and
gender equality and the rights of the disabled
The programme commenced in September 2005 and by the end of the
programme human rights situation analysis report would be published
for distribution in the country, human rights organisations
throughout the world, African Union (AU) Human Rights Commission and
United Nations Human Rights Commission.
It is expected that the report would set a baseline for advocacy
strategies on human rights issues in Lesotho.
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