To promote within the country the protection and the
preser~ation
of Human
rights and duties to the society in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of
the land.
(ii)
To investigate acts of violation on human rights and matters related to good
governance.
(iii)
To advise the Government, public institutions, private sector and the public on
human rights and governance issues.
The Commission was established pursuant to the Paris Principles on national human
rights Commissions or institutions.
The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance, Act CAP. 391 R.E. 2002,
was enacted in pursuance of Article 129(1). This Act applies to both Tanzania Mainland
as well as Zanzibar. The Commission has started working and submissions have been
made to it such as those relating to poor condition in prisons, the Nyamhuma land
dispute, pension complaints and abuse of office. The Commission as of June 2006 had
received 4,000complaints and attended 8,5-25 complaints relating to human rights and
good governance issues.
Generally, Tanzania recognizes freedom of its people, to associate, during the period of
one party system; all trade unions were affiliated to the government. However, after the
introduction of multi partism the situation has changed. Today, workers can form
independent trade unions, under the Trade Unions Act and can also go on strike provided
they follow the procedure stated in the Industrial Court Act. Currently there are a number
of registered trade unions ,for example The Tanzania Union of Government and Health
Employees (TUGHE), Chama Cha Walimu Tanzania (CWT), CHODA WU, TUICO,
TRAAWU, and TLWAGU.The above information is provided in a nutshell , but details
relating to specific measures in this regard will be provided in the course of this report in
the relevant p~rts .
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