2.
GENERAL MEASURES OF IMPLEMENTATION
Legislation and other enabling measures passed in support of human rights
instruments since the last report are the following:
Employment Service Act No 8 of 2011. The Act provides for the
establishment of the National Employment Service; to impose reporting and
other obligations on certain employers and institutions; and to provide for the
licensure and regulation of private employment agencies.
Correctional Service Act No 9 of 2012. The Act has replaced the whole
Prisons Act No 17 of 1998. The new Act provide for the establishment of the
Namibian Correctional Service and matters incidental thereto.
Prevention and Combating of Terrorist Activities Act No 12 of 2012. The
Act provide for the offence of terrorism and other offences connected or
associated with terrorist activities; and to provide for measures to give effect
to international conventions. This Act was subsequently repealed in 2014 and
was replaced by the Prevention and Combating of Terrorist and Proliferation
Activities Act, Act No 4 of 2014
Rules of the High Court of Namibia, under Section 9 of the High Court
Act, Act No 16 of 1990, which came into operation on 16 April 2014. The
new Rules repealed all the other old Rules of the High Court. Section 108 of
the new Rules outlines procedures and conditions precedent to the execution
against immovable property and transfer of judgment. The new Rules were
promulgated to prohibit the execution or sale of immovable property without
proof to the court that the execution debtor or person has insufficient
movable property to satisfy the writ of execution, which was not a
prerequisite in the past.
3.
SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS RECOGNIZED UNDER
MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THEM
THE
CHARTER
AND
For the purposes of this report, some Articles which contain similar issues
have been grouped together for better comprehension of related rights and
freedoms.
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