iv.
Adopt other strategies to end child marriage such as proactive
multi-faceted strategies at the national and community levels
including inter alia; empowering girls with information, skills
and support networks;
educate and rally parents and
community members on the dangers of the practice;
Review the existing pieces of legislation relating/affecting
children rights with a view to harmonise the definition of a child
in line with international human rights standards;
Provide information on prosecution of cases of sexual
harassment, particularly women and girls, in places of
employment and educational institutions and measures put in
place to eradicate it in Namibia.
Implement policies and programmes that would make justice
accessible to rural women;
Provide information on the measures in place to protect the
rights of children in conflict with the law;
Provide statistical data on indigenous women who have served
in Government structures and those who are chiefs and queens
of their communities;
Strengthen and institutionalise a gender specific mandatory
training course for all legal and law enforcement officials and
health service personnel to ensure their full capacity in
responding to all forms of violence against women and children.
Continue its efforts to combat trafficking particularly of
unaccompanied minors;
Speedy enactment of draft bills in particular the Customary Law
Marriage Bill, Divorce Bill and the Child Justice Bill.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
xii.
Right to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
52. Namibia should:
i.
ii.
iii.
Take appropriate measures to
repeal the criminal
defamation laws in Namibia;
Enact an Access to Information Law;
Review the proposed Bill on public gathering so that it does
not infringe on the right to access to information and the
right to assembly and association.
Right to Freedom of Assembly and Association
53. Namibia should:
i.
ii.
iii.
provide adequate information and statistical data on the
number of NGOs and CSOs in the country;
provide specific information on the situation of human rights
defenders in its next Periodic Report;
take legislative and other measures to protect and promote
human rights in conformity with the UN Declaration on
Human Rights Defenders, the African Charter, the Kigali
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