TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................................................... 5
PART B: SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE REPORT PURSUANT TO THE REPORTING GUIDELINES .......... 8
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Article 2: Prohibition of discrimination ................................................................................................................................ 8
Article 3: Right to equality before the law .......................................................................................................................... 12
Article 4: The right to life and personal integrity .............................................................................................................. 13
Article 5: Right to dignity, prohibition of torture and slavery ......................................................................................... 14
Article 6: Right to liberty and security of person .............................................................................................................. 15
Article 7: Right to a Fair Hearing......................................................................................................................................... 17
Article 8: Freedom of Conscience and Religion ................................................................................................................ 19
Article 9: Freedom of Information and Expression ......................................................................................................... 20
Article 10: Freedom of Association .................................................................................................................................. 22
Article 11: Freedom of Assembly ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Article 12: Freedom of Movement ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Article 13: Right to Participate in Government................................................................................................................. 23
Article 14: Right to property ................................................................................................................................................ 26
MEASURES TAKEN TO FULFIL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS ........................................................... 28
Right to Housing .................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Article 15: Right to work under equitable and satisfactory conditions .......................................................................... 30
Article 16: The Right to Health............................................................................................................................................ 32
Policy measures to give effect to the right to health .................................................................................................... 34
Administrative and other measures to give effect to the right to health ................................................................... 35
Measures To Enhance Access to Health Facilities ....................................................................................................... 36
Measures taken to reduce the still-birth rate and infant mortality.............................................................................. 36
Reproductive health .......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Measures taken for the healthy development of children ........................................................................................... 37
Health Financing ............................................................................................................................................................... 39
Article 17:The Right to Education and Culture ................................................................................................................ 41
Policy measures to give effect to the right to education .............................................................................................. 43
Policy on adult and continuing education...................................................................................................................... 44
Policy on safety of school children ................................................................................................................................. 45
Administrative and other measures to enhance access to education ......................................................................... 46
Access to Primary education ............................................................................................................................................ 46
Children with special needs .............................................................................................................................................. 47
Access to Secondary education ....................................................................................................................................... 48
Access to Further / higher Education ........................................................................................................................... 49
Article 17: Right to take part in cultural life ....................................................................................................................... 50
Policy and administrative measures giving effect to the right to take part in cultural life ...................................... 51
Administrative and other measures ................................................................................................................................ 52
Challenges affecting the degree of realisation of the right to take part in cultural life ............................................ 53
Article 18: Right to family, women, children and disabled .............................................................................................. 53
Right of the family ............................................................................................................................................................. 53
Rights of women ............................................................................................................................................................... 54
Rights of children .............................................................................................................................................................. 56
Rights of persons with disabilities ................................................................................................................................... 58
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