THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO COMBINED SECOND TO EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA General framework within which civil and political rights are protected in Lesotho 9. Civil and political rights are contained in chapter 2 of the 1993 Constitution of Lesotho. The underlying principle in this chapter is equality and non-discrimination captured in sections 4 and 18 of the Constitution. 10. Section 2 of the Constitution provides for constitutional supremacy in terms of which all laws are subject to the Constitution. That is, the parliament may not pass a law which is inconsistent with or violated the human rights contained in Chapter 2 of the Constitution. 11. Section 22 of the Constitution provides for enforcement of human rights through the High Court. It provides that: If any person alleges that any of the provisions of sections 4 to 21 (inclusive) of this Constitution has been, is being or is likely to be contravened in relation to him (or, in the case of a person who is detained, if any other persons alleges such a contravention in relation to the detained person), then, without prejudice to any 3