terrorism and promoting the youth:
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i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
The African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (2003);
The Protocol to the AU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism (2004);
The African Youth Charter (2007); and,
The EAC Protocol on Environment and Natural Resources.
In the course of CRM discussions, repeated concerns were expressed about torture and other forms of ill
treatment, insalubrious detention conditions, the continued application of the death penalty, and poor service
delivery at community levels. Government should, therefore, sign and ratify some core instruments, which
include:
i)
The Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(1984) and its Optional Protocol committing States to preventing and prohibiting torture;
ii) The two Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which allows
individuals to submit complaints directly to the UN Human Rights Committee and which calls for
the abolition of the death penalty;
iii) The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of
their Families (1990);
iv) The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
(2003);
v) The Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court (2002);
vi) The Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa (1996); and,
vii) The Declaration and Plan of Action on Control of Illicit Drugs Trafficking and Abuse in Africa (2002).
115.
The new African Governance Architecture currently being put into place by the AU brings with it additional
operational instruments for which government capacity building will be required. These are central to enhancing
democratic governance, responding to electoral violence that could be a harbinger of unconstitutional changes
in power, increasing respect for human rights, and improving public services on the continent. They include:
i) The African Charter on Democracy, Governance and Elections (2007);
ii) The African Public Services Charter (adopted by the AU in January 2011); and,
iii) The African Human Rights Strategy (also adopted by the AU in January 2011).
III. Recommendations
116.
The APR Panel recommends that the United Republic of Tanzania:
•
Establish a robust and functional monitoring mechanism that tracks the signing, ratification and
domestication processes of various instruments, and to monitor actual compliance with these instrumentsl
[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs,
CSOs]
•
Ensure that the domestication process is inclusive and involves as much public input as possible; [Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, CSOs]
•
Promptly take action on the UPR recommendations by placing them within broader national development
policy and planning frameworks for them to become fully operational; [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, CSOs] and,
•
Develop a time-bound plan and provide adequate financing, staff and information resources to the MDAs
in charge in order to reduce the substantial number of overdue reports on the United Nations and African
Union human rights instruments. [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ministry of
Justice and Constitutional Affairs, CSOs]
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