{"id":6981,"date":"2021-12-10T10:04:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-pledges-commitment-on-human-rights-2"},"modified":"2021-12-10T10:21:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:21:22","slug":"lesotho-pledges-commitment-on-human-rights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-pledges-commitment-on-human-rights-2","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho pledges commitment on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Law and Justice Professor Nqosa Mahao has reaffirmed the country\u2019s commitment on the issues of Human Rights. This he said last week at<\/p>\n

the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) High Level Segment in Geneva, Switzerland. Mahao said Lesotho attaches great importance to the Council and its \u201ccommendable\u201d work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are therefore gathered to reaffirm our commitment to universal dignity\u201d. The<\/p>\n

Minister further made an emphasis on reporting by the member countries on the state of human rights. \u201cI would now like to turn to the state of play and measures undertaken in promoting and<\/p>\n

protecting human rights in Lesotho. Reporting is an important tool used to assess or monitor the country\u2019s progress in implementing the domestic implementation of human rights instruments hence improving the human rights<\/p>\n

status of beneficiaries of such instruments,\u201d he said. Updating the Council on the state of Lesotho\u2019s efforts towards the establishment of the Human Rights Commission, he said the Amendment Bill operationalizing the<\/p>\n

commission is due to be tabled before the Parliament for further engagements. The country has embarked in the process of mounting the Human Rights Commission.<\/p>\n

The Minister added: \u201cAwareness and educational campaigns on the Commission and its work, were held in the three regions of the country where relevant stakeholders such as District Administrators, Principal and area Chiefs, Heads<\/p>\n

of Departments and Councilors from all the ten districts were represented. The Government remains committed to setting up a Commission that will be in line<\/p>\n

with the Paris Principles. \u201d He further told them of the government\u2019s efforts to commitment to forces with the council. \u201cI would therefore like to reiterate Lesotho\u2019s commitment to working in cooperation with<\/p>\n

the Human Rights Council towards attaining a world that is free of human rights violations; where the cornerstones of democracy, good governance and human<\/p>\n

rights prevail. \u201d In January 2020, Lesotho participated in the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Mechanism. In view of creating a conducive<\/p>\n

legal frame work for protection of human rights, the country had introduced some reforms and made amendments to its legal instruments. Some of those laws include; Sexual Offences<\/p>\n

Act 2003 which is more inclusive in approach as it covers the rights of disabled persons, children, men and women. It also deals with the areas which were not included under common law regarding rape offence.<\/p>\n

Also, in 2006 the country enacted the Legal Capacity of Married Persons law which \u201cremoves the minority status of married women and marital power of the husband over the person and property\u201d giving the women equal ownership<\/p>\n

in joint estate. On the right to privacy and family life, the Council remarked thus: \u201cUNHCR stated that the ambiguity surrounding the legality and illegality of homosexual relations<\/p>\n

negatively affected the economic, social and cultural rights of LGBTI [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex] persons. Although sodomy was prohibited as a common law offence, same-sex relations between women were not<\/p>\n

overtly proscribed under the current legislation. \u201cThe Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act prohibited male homosexuality and sodomy was listed as one of the offences for which arrests could be made without a<\/p>\n

warrant. Although the 2010 Penal Code Act brought about the implied legalization of same sex relations, the offence of sodomy had not been explicitly repealed.<\/p>\n

UNHCR recommended that Lesotho repeal legislation criminalizing male homosexuality. \u201cUNHCR stated that the marriage institution in Lesotho was an exclusive domain of<\/p>\n

heterosexuals. Moreover, although no mention of homosexuals was made anywhere in the Adoption Proclamation, homosexuals were not able to adopt a child as a<\/p>\n

couple because they were not allowed to enter into the institution of marriage and because of the criminalization of male homosexuality. \u201d Lesotho is party to the iconic Universal Declaration of<\/p>\n

Human Rights since 1992 along with other regional and international instruments which advocate for promotion and protection of human rights. The UNHRC is the United Nations body which is charged with the mission of promoting and protecting human rights around the world.<\/p>\n

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

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