Africa-Press – Cape verde. The National Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship (CNDHC) intends, this year, to have the National Human Rights Observatory up and running, despite financial limitations. Guarantee left today by the president of the institution, Eurídice Mascarenhas
The person responsible was speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the 60th CNDHC plenary, which took place in the city of Praia.
“We also have limitations in financial resources, we will mobilize resources, because we want to carry out studies, but the priority of priorities is, in fact, to leave a legacy, in our mandate – the Human Rights Observatory in Cape Verde in operation”, said Eurídice Mascarenhas .
In terms of finances and even human resources, Mascarenhas recognizes that there is a need to “strengthen and be more present at national level”, but that communication has been one of the biggest challenges. The person responsible highlights that “we need to public contract more resources, because the Commission started with practically 14 technicians and today we have three, so we also have to guarantee stability”.
The fund for the CNDHC is included in the State Budget. When asked by journalists if it had its own fund these problems would not be resolved, Eurídice Mascarenhas states that this issue does not fall under her jurisdiction, but adds that the Commission’s statute is in the process of being reviewed.
“This question is not for the president of the National Human Rights Commission to answer. What I can tell you is that the status review is underway. Note, we currently have category B at the international level of the United Nations because we are not in compliance with the Paris principle that we should be in category A, benefiting from other resources also at the international level, because we do not have that necessary autonomy and independence that is enshrined in the very principles of Paris.”
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