CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
Negotiate a collective agreement for journalists of both the public and
the private press. (Attention: journalists; patrons of the press; the
government)
Elaborate on a constitution for journalists. (Attention: journalists;
patrons of the press; the government)
Assume rigorously the responsibility for the initial and ongoing
training of journalists. (Attention: union of journalists; patrons of the
press; development partners; the government)
Open, as soon as circumstances permit, private television channels that
are subject to very specific specifications and under the control of an
independent regulatory agency to be established. (Attention: economic
operators; patrons of the press; government)
3. Promote human rights through various forms of sensitisation and, through
these measures, especially:
Introduce and/or strengthen educational programmes on citizenship,
republican values and human rights, at the level of elementary school.
(Attention: the government; National Consultative Commission on
Human Rights)
Develop media campaigns to raise awareness and educate people about
human rights: on television and radio, in the printed media, at training
seminars, etc. (Attention: National Consultative Commission on
Human Rights; human rights associations)
Develop specific training modules for the respect and protection of
human rights by the security forces, as it is the case for magistrates.
(Attention: National Consultative Commission on Human Rights;
human rights associations; various NGOs)
Objective 4: Separation of powers, including the protection and
independence of the judiciary and an effective legislature
i.
Summary of the CSAR
224.
The Constitution formally enshrines the separation of powers in its second
chapter and provides for three distinct powers, which are the subject of three
separate chapters.
225.
Executive power is entrusted, on the one hand, to the President of the Republic
as head of the state, who embodies the unity of the nation and, on the other
hand, to the head of government appointed by the President. The head of
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