FINAL Judiciary from other branches of Government, and which ensures security of tenure of Judges; xxiv. Ensure that judges appointed to the Community Courts, the Military Courts and the Special Court have prior training and legal experience; xxv. Appoint an institution responsible for providing training programs for all judicial officers, including the judges of the Community Courts, the Military Courts and the Special Courts, and further ensure that the training programs include components on human rights, making reference the African Charter, the Commission’s Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal Assistance in Africa, among others; Freedom of conscience and religion xxvi. Appoint a Minister to monitor implementation of Proclamation 73/1995, in addition to ensuring the right to appeal for religious groups which are denied registration; xxvii. Amend the provisions of the Proclamation to ensure the right to appeal to the Courts, for religious groups whose applications for registration are denied; xxviii. Ensure that followers of the Jehovah Witness faith retain their citizenship rights in accordance with the Citizenship Proclamation No. 21/1992 which provides that “Eritrean citizenship can be acquired by birth, by naturalization, by adoption and by marriage, without discrimination;” Freedom of expression and access to information xxix. Ensure enactment of a law which provides for the right to access information, in accordance with international standards and as elaborated in the Commission’s Model Law on Access to Information in Africa; xxx. Amend the provisions of the Penal Code which criminalize defamation, in accordance with the Commission’s Resolution on Repealing Criminal Defamation Laws in Africa which calls on “States Parties to repeal criminal defamation laws or insult laws which impede freedom of speech;” xxxi. Amend the provisions of the Press Proclamation 90/1996 to allow the operation of private media in accordance with the Commission’s Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa which provides in Principle V(1) that “States shall encourage a diverse, independent private broadcasting sector. A State monopoly over broadcasting is not compatible with the right to freedom of expression;” xxxii. Establish a public authority which exercises powers in the areas of broadcast or telecommunications regulation, which should be independent and adequately protected against interference, particularly of a political or economic nature; 17

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