- rational management of waste of all kinds.
Articles 25 and 27: The duty to promote and ensure, through education and
publication, the respect for the rights and freedoms contained in the Charter
466. In order to promote and ensure, through education and publication, the rights
and freedoms proclaimed by the Charter, Civic and Moral Education (ECM) took into
account the teaching of human rights. To reinforce this teaching, civic education
textbooks, distributed in November 2014 by the department in charge of civic
education within the framework of launching the month of citizenship on 3 October
2014, reinforced this existing programme known under the name "Civic and Moral
Education".
467. In addition, technical education and vocational training institutions teach law
and legislation in some training courses; these courses include aspects of citizenship
education.
468. The State Secretariat for the Minister of Justice and Institutional Relations of the
Republic in charge of Human Rights, has begun to develop the capacities of
education stakeholders on teaching human rights.
469. As such, a training of inspectors and educational advisers was organized in
December 2016 in the educational region of the Gulf of Lomé. This training will be
extended to other regions in 2017.
Article 26: The independence of the courts and the establishment and
development of a national human rights institution
470. The principle of the independence of the courts is guaranteed by the Togolese
Constitution in Article 113. According to this article, "The judiciary shall be
independent of the legislative and executive powers".
471. As regards the independence of judges, Article 113 (2) of the Constitution
stipulates: "Judges shall be subject only to the authority of the law in the exercise of
their functions". Article 114 of the same Constitution states that the sitting judges
shall be irremovable. In order to ensure the independence of the judiciary, the
Organic Law 2013-007 of 25 February 2013 amending Organic Law No. 96-11 of 21
August 1996 fixing the status of judges was adopted. The Togolese Government
recognizes that the independence of the judiciary is one of the essential prerequisites
for the safeguarding of human rights and democracy
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