Declaration and other regional and international human
rights instruments that guarantee the right to freedom of
association and assembly; and
Due Process and Conditions of Detention
54. Namibia should:
i.
Review its policy on public health concerns in prisons with a
view to deal with all issues comprehensively including HIV;
ii.
Provide adequate resources to enable correctional service
institutions address the rehabilitation needs of offenders;
Utilise the Commission’s Guidelines on the Conditions of
Arrests, Police Custody and Pre-trial Detention in Africa
(Guidelines) and General Comment No. 3 on the Right to Life,
when conducting training to the Police, Correctional Service and
other Security Outfits.
iii.
Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities
55. Namibia should state how the measures and policies put in place to
protect the rights of older persons and persons with disabilities have been
effectively implemented in the rural areas.
HIV/AIDS
56. Namibia should:
i. Provide information and statistics on children orphaned or affected by
HIV/AIDS as well as measures taken to support them;
ii. Develop and implement campaigns that will educate the public on the
dangers of seeking treatment from those who claim to treat HIV and to
proscribe such persons from making such claims.
Refugees, IDPs and Migrants Workers
57. Namibia should adopt specific legislation which protects the rights of
refugees and migrant workers as well as provide for proper management
of Refugee and migrant worker issues in the country.
Indigenous Populations/Communities
58. Namibia should:
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