{"id":5384,"date":"2021-11-02T12:56:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T12:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting"},"modified":"2021-11-02T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:14:15","slug":"stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting","title":{"rendered":"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held a high<\/p>\n

level workshop on Human Rights Treaty Reporting and establishment of the national mechanism for reporting. Speaking at the workshop Acting Attorney General Advocate Ntebaleng Maseela, said the<\/p>\n

workshop aims to ensure and pave way for all stakeholders in the human rights discourse to comprehend and have full appreciation of Lesotho\u2019s obligations<\/p>\n

under the various treaties that she is a state party to. She further said the objective of the workshop is to further hold discussions on the necessity of<\/p>\n

establishing a standing national mechanism that will be responsible for the compilation of state party reports under such treaties as well as track progress on the implementation of recommendations.<\/p>\n

Maseela noted that Lesotho is a state party to the major international human rights instruments which include amongst others the two founding covenants on civil<\/p>\n

and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights, the convention against torture, the convention on the rights of the child, the convention on<\/p>\n

the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and others. \u201cAll these impress on the respect of the inherent human dignity, non-discrimination<\/p>\n

and equality, fairness, liberty and life regardless of one\u2019s race, language, religion, social, political rank or status but subject to the constitution and<\/p>\n

other national laws,\u201d she said. The 1993 constitution of Lesotho, in its chapter II guarantees the respect, promotion and protection of these rights subject to the limitations that are<\/p>\n

laid down by law. Maseela further said the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action affirmed that human rights whether civil, political, economic social or<\/p>\n

cultural are universal and indivisible. She said states have a duty to respect, protect and fulfil these human rights and fundamental freedoms within their own<\/p>\n

political, economic and cultural systems. \u201cThe State therefore plays a crucial role in ensuring access to these rights. The State and its formal institutions are the final guarantors of rights for<\/p>\n

citizens and non-citizens and have the primary responsibility to ensure that all those who live within their jurisdiction have access to all the rights to<\/p>\n

which they are equally entitled,\u201d Maseela said. She said it is evident that by ratification or accession, Lesotho has assumed obligations and duties under<\/p>\n

international law to report on the domestic implementation of the various conventions. She added that State party reporting process creates opportunity for<\/p>\n

self-assessment, review and evaluation to ensure compliance with legislations, policies and practice with the human rights obligations. She said the involvement of government representatives, experts and civil society<\/p>\n

groups in reporting and other processes generates a genuine dialogue at the national level that improves laws, policies, programmes and institutions. \u201cLesotho<\/p>\n

is one of the leading countries in Southern Africa with a remarkable record of ratifications, however, she is lagging behind in her reporting obligations,\u201d<\/p>\n

she noted. She said this is a challenge that they have acknowledged at the various treaty making bodies. Adv. Maseela indicated that some of the challenges that they face is lack of<\/p>\n

specialized personnel and or body dedication to reporting. \u201cA recommendation to establish a National Mechanism on Reporting and Follow-up (NMRF) has been<\/p>\n

recommended by the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) after it identified that current ad-hoc method of reporting challenged Lesotho<\/p>\n

and was one of the contributing factors to the present existing backlog of reports. A number of missions have been undertaken by OHCHR to Lesotho to assist in the establishment of NMRF\u201d.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held a high level workshop on Human Rights Treaty Reporting and establishment of the national mechanism for reporting. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":5383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[233,246,580,245,336],"class_list":["post-5384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-law","tag-lesotho","tag-stakeholders"],"yoast_head":"\nStakeholders convene over human rights reporting - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United N ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United N ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-02T12:56:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-02T13:14:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T12:56:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-02T13:14:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting\"},\"wordCount\":622,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Law\",\"Lesotho\",\"Stakeholders\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting\",\"name\":\"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T12:56:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-02T13:14:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United N ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting - Lesotho","description":"The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United N ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting","og_description":"The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United N ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-11-02T12:56:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-02T13:14:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting","datePublished":"2021-11-02T12:56:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-02T13:14:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting"},"wordCount":622,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Lesotho","Law","Lesotho","Stakeholders"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting","name":"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-02T12:56:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-02T13:14:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and Recreation with the support from the United N ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2021\/11\/img-6181398c5f941.jpg","width":720,"height":540,"caption":"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/stakeholders-convene-over-human-rights-reporting#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stakeholders convene over human rights reporting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}