KENYA ONE YEAR IN OFFICE FOR UHURU KENYATTA AND WILLIAM RUTO
Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall
be prohibited in all their forms. Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, April 2014 / N°631a - AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA PHOTO/SIMON AFP - N°631a / 2014 April Cover photo: KENYA, Nairobi: A man shouts at riot police during a demonstration held to highlight rising cases of corruption in government, insecurity, unemployment, poverty in Nairobi on February 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA.
2 / Titre du rapport – FIDH Introduction ------4 PART I – Increasing Infringements to Fundamental Rights and Freedoms ------5 A. Freedoms of Association and Expression Under Threat ------5 B. Infringements to Freedom of Assembly ------10 C. Perpetrating Human Rights Violations While Countering Terrorism ------10 D. Instigating Discrimination and Inequality Before the Law ------12 Part II – Lack of Political Will to Deliver Justice for the Victims of the 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence ------13 A. Establishment of Local Judicial Process ------13 B. The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Process ------15 C. Government Efforts at Resettlement and/or Compensation of Victims ------15 D. Cooperation with the International Criminal Court ------16 Recommendations ------20
FIDH/KHRC – One Year in Office for Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto / 3 Introduction
April 9th the rights of all citizens [...] through legislation that upholds the spirit of [the] Constitution glorify rather than undermine democracy”1