‘70YRS LATER, NO CHANGE IN HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE’

MANZINI – It is about 70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted, but the struggle to achieve full realisation of human rights remains a pressing reality.

As a result, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) in partnership with COSPE and Foundation for Socio Economic Justice (FSEJ) has compiled a report titled; ‘Alignment of Eswatini’s Domestic Laws with Recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms’.
The UDHR is a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on December 10, 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.

The report, which has a number of recommendations, ranging from respect of civil and political rights to respect of economic, social and cultural rights, was funded by the European Union (EU). In terms of respecting civil and political rights, the report recommended that government should ratify outstanding international and regional human rights instruments.

“Government should amend the Constitution to allow a multi-party democracy and to increase oversight mechanisms within government,” reads part of the report. 
It also suggested that government should review the Suppression of Terrorism Act of 2017 (as ammended) to include provisions allowing organisations to challenge an order listing them as terrorists before such order was finalised.

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