FINAL
18.
Welcomes the accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
on 01 July 2014, and further notes with satisfaction that Mozambique has mandated
the National Human Rights Commission to undertake regular visits to the
country’s prisons and detention centres;
19.
Welcomes the measures which have been put in place to modernize the police
force, including through establishing the Police Science Academy (ACIPOL) which
provides training including courses on human rights for police personnel, and the
Basic Penitentiary College of National Prison Service in 2012, which provides
training to prison wardens;
20.
Notes with satisfaction that the Government began construction of seven (7) new
prisons in 2013, and rehabilitated six (6) prisons;
21.
Notes that a prison for juveniles has been established in Boane, Maputo Province;
22.
Commends the Government’s efforts to ensure access to justice, including through
establishing the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (CFJJ) which provides training
to judicial officers, creating the Legal and Judicial Aid Institute (IPAJ) which
provides legal aid to indigent Mozambicans, and launching a program for the
construction of Justice Halls in the country’s districts;
23.
Commends the efforts by the Government to ensure access to potable water for the
entire population;
24.
Notes with satisfaction the political will demonstrated by the Government in
promoting the right to employment, including through ratification of a number of
ILO Conventions and establishing the Employment and Professional Training
Strategy (2006-2015) to provide training to the youth and adults;
25.
Commends the enactment of the Law on Socialization of Medicine (law no. 4/87)
which provides free maternal and child health care, namely prenatal, birth,
postnatal, admission and child care up to the age of five;
26.
Welcomes the establishment of the National Partnership for the Promotion of
Neonatal and Maternal Health Care in 2010;
27.
Commends the Government’s commitment to improving health care for the
population through efforts such as the rehabilitation and reopening of 500 primary
health care centres;
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