CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE Negotiate a collective agreement for journalists of both the public and the private press. (Attention: journalists; patrons of the press; the government) Elaborate on a constitution for journalists. (Attention: journalists; patrons of the press; the government) Assume rigorously the responsibility for the initial and ongoing training of journalists. (Attention: union of journalists; patrons of the press; development partners; the government) Open, as soon as circumstances permit, private television channels that are subject to very specific specifications and under the control of an independent regulatory agency to be established. (Attention: economic operators; patrons of the press; government) 3. Promote human rights through various forms of sensitisation and, through these measures, especially: Introduce and/or strengthen educational programmes on citizenship, republican values and human rights, at the level of elementary school. (Attention: the government; National Consultative Commission on Human Rights) Develop media campaigns to raise awareness and educate people about human rights: on television and radio, in the printed media, at training seminars, etc. (Attention: National Consultative Commission on Human Rights; human rights associations) Develop specific training modules for the respect and protection of human rights by the security forces, as it is the case for magistrates. (Attention: National Consultative Commission on Human Rights; human rights associations; various NGOs) Objective 4: Separation of powers, including the protection and independence of the judiciary and an effective legislature i. Summary of the CSAR 224. The Constitution formally enshrines the separation of powers in its second chapter and provides for three distinct powers, which are the subject of three separate chapters. 225. Executive power is entrusted, on the one hand, to the President of the Republic as head of the state, who embodies the unity of the nation and, on the other hand, to the head of government appointed by the President. The head of 83

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