ANNUAL REPORT COVERS.pdf 1 5/13/14 12:51 AM REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI’S COMPLIANCE !"#"$%&'(!")&*%+',-&./!!%--%/) WITHMALAWI INTERNATIONAL HUMAN HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS COMMISSION OCTOBER, 2012 & ! ! ! ! ! " ) # / " % $ - % %- & ' ! ( ! ! " ! . / ) & * %+ ' ,- & ! ! ! ! REPORT &ON THE !"#"$%&'(!")&*%+',-&./!!%--%/)& ! ")&/01*0%1$&/2&,'1&.(**1),&-,",(-&GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI’S ! /2&'(!")&*%+',-&%)&!"#"$%& ! COMPLIANCE WITH 3456478&9&!48:&;<=>& ! ! " ) # / " % - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS $ % %- & ' ! ( ! ! " ! . / ) & * %+ ' ,- & ! INSTRUMENTS! ! Human Rights Commission | H.B. House | O Paul Kagame Road | P/Bag 378 | Lilongwe 3 ! Tel: 01 750 900/954/958 | Fax 01 750 943 | E-mail: [email protected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th Annual Report of the Malawi Human Rights Commission 1 REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI’S COMPLIANCE !"#"$%&'(!")&*%+',-&./!!%--%/) WITHMALAWI INTERNATIONAL HUMAN HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS COMMISSION OCTOBER, 2012 & ! ! ! ! ! " ) # / " % $ - % %- MALAWI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION & ' ! ( ! ! " ! . / ) & * %+ ' ,- & ! ! ! ! REPORT &ON THE !"#"$%&'(!")&*%+',-&./!!%--%/)& ! ")&/01*0%1$&/2&,'1&.(**1),&-,",(-&GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI’S ! /2&'(!")&*%+',-&%)&!"#"$%& ! COMPLIANCE WITH 3456478&9&!48:&;<=>& ! ! " ) # / " % - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS $ % %- MALAWI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION & ' ! (! ! ! " . / ) & * %+ ' ,- & ! INSTRUMENTS! ! Human Rights Commission | H.B. House | O Paul Kagame Road | P/Bag 378 | Lilongwe 3 ! Tel: 01 750 900/954/958 | Fax 01 750 943 | E-mail: [email protected] ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! & &'6?45&*@ABCD&.E??@DD@E5:&'FGF&'E6DH:&/II&J46K&L4A4?H&*E4M:&JNG4A&>OP:&#@KE5AQH&>:&OCTOBER, 2012 ,HKR&<=&OS<&T<<NTSUNTSP:&24V&<=&OS<&TU>:&19?4@KR&@5IEW?4K4Q@B7XFE7A! MALAWI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 1 H. B. House, Tel. : (265) 01 750 900 ")&/01*0%1$&/2&,'1&.(**1),&-,",(-& & ! /2&'(!")&*%+',-&%)&!"#"$%& Along Paul Kagame Road, ! 3456478&9&!48:&;<=>& Private Bag 378, ! ! ! Lilongwe 3, ! ! M ! ! A N ! Malawi. L O Fax : (265) 01 750943 &'6?45&*@ABCD&.E??@DD@E5:&'FGF&'E6DH:&/II&J46K&L4A4?H&*E4M:&JNG4A&>OP:&#@KE5AQH&>:& A I W S ,HKR&<=&OS<&T<<NTSUNTSP:&24V&<=&OS<&TU>:&19?4@KR&@5IEW?4K4Q@B7XFE7A! S & I I H M ! UM M A C O ! N R IG H TS Email: [email protected] OFFICE OF THE CHAIRPERSON Ref No: HRC/02/58 29th March, 2014. Malawi Human Rights Commission The Speaker of the National Assembly, Private Bag B362, Lilongwe 3. 2013 ANNUAL REPORT Dear Honourable Speaker, The Human Rights Commission (the Commission), has the pleasure and honour to present to Parliament its 13th Annual Report, in accordance with section 37 of the Human Rights Act, (Cap. 3:08 of the Laws of Malawi). The Report covers activities of the Commission, carried out from January to December, 2013, and it highlights some of the challenges the Commission faced in its effort to achieve its strategic objectives. The Report further makes recommendations on key issues of human rights and governance, which arose in the course of the year as observed by the Commission. ............................................. Ambassador Sophie Asimenye Kalinde CHAIRPERSON 14th Annual Report of the Malawi Human Rights Commission 14th Annual Report of the Malawi Human Rights Commission 2 3 th 14 Annual Report of the Malawi Human Rights Commission Page 1 REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI’S COMPLIANCE !"#"$%&'(!")&*%+',-&./!!%--%/) WITHMALAWI INTERNATIONAL HUMAN HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS COMMISSION OCTOBER, 2012 & ! ! ! ! ! " ) # / " % $ - % %- MALAWI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION & ' ! ( ! ! " ! . / ) & * %+ ' ,- & ! The Commission ! ! ! REPORT &ON THE !"#"$%&'(!")&*%+',-&./!!%--%/)& ! ")&/01*0%1$&/2&,'1&.(**1),&-,",(-&GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI’S Acronyms 7 Chapter Four: Child Rights ! /2&'(!")&*%+',-&%)&!"#"$%36 & ! COMPLIANCE WITH 4.0 Introduction 363456478&9&!48:&;<=>& ! ! " ) # / Acknowledgement 9 " % - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS $ % %- & ' ! 4.1 Complaints Handling ( ! 36 ! " ! . / ) & * %+ ' ,- & ! INSTRUMENTS! ! Foreword 14 4.1.1 Sarah Waisi vs. Lilongwe Police Station Human Rights Commission | H.B. House | O Paul Kagame Road | P/Bag 378 | Lilongwe 3 36 ! Tel: 01 750 900/954/958 | Fax 01 750 943 | E-mail: [email protected] ! ! 4.1.2 Amadu Ndau vs. John Kamwendo ! 36 ! ! Executive Summary 16 ! ! 4.1.3 Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare vs. Penja Msosa ! 37 & &'6?45&*@ABCD&.E??@DD@E5:&'FGF&'E6DH:&/II&J46K&L4A4?H&*E4M:&JNG4A&>OP:&#@KE5AQH&>:&OCTOBER, 2012 Chapter One: Background Information 18 4.2 Education, Information and Training Activities ,HKR&<=&OS<&T<<NTSUNTSP:&24V&<=&OS<&TU>38 :&19?4@KR&@5IEW?4K4Q@B7XFE7A! MALAWI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 1 ")&/01*0%1$&/2&,'1&.(**1),&-,",(-& & 1.0 Introduction 18 4.2.1 Sensitisation Meetings on the Promotion and Protection of Child Rights ! 38 /2&'(!")&*%+',-&%)&!"#"$%& 1.1 Duties and Functions 18 4.2.2 Capacity Building of Community Groups ! 40 1.2 The Vision, Mission, and Goals of the Commission 19 4.2.3 Training of Duty Bearers and Stakeholders in Child Rights 3456478&9&!48:&;<=>& 41 1.3 Organizational Structure 19 4.2.4 Training of Head Teachers on Human Rights and Democracy ! 41 ! ! 4.3 Human Rights Monitoring ! 41 Chapter Two: Complaints Handling 10 ! 4.3.1 Monitoring of Child Care Institutions ! 41 ! 2.0 Introduction 20 ! 4.4 Public Inquiry on Child Maintenance &'6?45&*@ABCD&.E??@DD@E5:&'FGF&'E6DH:&/II&J46K&L4A4?H&*E4M:&JNG4A&>OP:&#@KE5AQH&>:& 42 2.1 Case Statistics 21 ,HKR&<=&OS<&T<<NTSUNTSP:&24V&<=&OS<&TU>:&19?4@KR&@5IEW?4K4Q@B7XFE7A! 4.5 Commemoration of the Day of the African Child & 44 2.1.1 Nature of complaints registered 22 4.6 Advocacy on Child Friendly Legislation ! 44 2.1.2 Cases registered according to gender 33 ! 2.1.3 Cases registered according to districts 22 Chapter Five: Disability and Elderly Rights 48 Chapter Three: Civil and Political Rights 24 5.0 Introduction 48 5.1 Complaints Handling 48 3.0 Introduction 24 5.1.1 Lovemore John Ngoma vs. Mvera Girls Private Secondary School 49 3.1 Human Rights Monitoring 24 5.1.2 Esther Luhana vs. Kasungu District Health Office and Ministry of Health 49 3.1.1 Monitoring of Police Cells 24 5.1.3 Mayi Sikitina vs. Village Headman Kango 50 3.1.2 Dissemination of the Prison Monitoring Report 24 5.2 Disability and Elderly Rights Education, Information and Training Activities 51 3.1.3 Periodic Monitoring of the Situation of Human Rights in Malawi 25 5.2.1 Training of Disability Desk Officers from Government Ministries, a) Interference with the right to freedom of the Press 25 Departments and other Public Institutions 51 b) Growing Trend of Hate Speech 26 5.2.2 Best Practices sharing and refresher training for Disability Desk Officers 52 c) Monopolization of the State Broadcaster 26 5.2.3 Awareness Campaigns on Disability and Elderly Rights 52 d) Monitoring of voter registration exercise 26 5.2.4 Dissemination of Chichewa Version Booklets of the Convention on the Rights of 3.1.4 Monitoring of Demonstrations 27 Persons with Disabilities 52 a) Monitoring of the 17th January 2013 Demonstrations 27 5.3 Public Inquiry on the Status of the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Malawi 52 b) Monitoring of the 10th October, 2013 Demonstrations 27 5.6 Situation Analysis on the Rights of the Elderly in Malawi 53 3.2 State Party Reporting 27 5.7 Disability and Elderly Rights Advocacy 54 3.2.1 Engagement with the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on Malawi’s 5.7.1 Review of disability and elderly rights related legislation, bills and policies 54 outstanding State Party Reporting Obligations 27 5.7.2 Post-2015 Global Development Agenda, disability and the elderly 54 3.2.2 Compilation of the Report on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 5.8 Building Networks and enhancing collaboration with other stakeholders in and the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights 29 the disability and elderly rights sector 55 3.2.3 Monitoring of Government’s implementation of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review 5.8.1 Courtesy call meeting with Hope for the Elderly 55 Recommendations 29 5.8.2 Collaborative meeting with Sight Savers-Malawi 55 a) Compilation of a Booklet on UPR 30 5.8.3 Commemoration of the 2013 International Deaf Week 55 b) Stakeholder Engagement 30 5.9 Disability Harmonization Workshop organized by FEDOMA 56 c) UPR Meetings with Parliamentary Committees 31 d) UPR Process Workshop with all Media Houses in Malawi 31 Chapter Six: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 58 e) UPR Process Workshop with Key Government Ministries and Departments 31 6.0 Introduction 58 f) Compilation of a mid-term progress report on the implementation of the United 6.1 Human Rights Monitoring 58 Nations Universal Periodic Review 32 6.1.1 Monitoring of Extractive industries. 58 3.2.5 Working Session on the Preparation of a State Party Report on the Convention Against Torture 6.1.2 Monitoring of Health Service Delivery in Public Hospitals and Health Centers. 60 and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 32 6.1.3 Monitoring the availability of food in Maize in ADMARC Depots 60 3.2.6 Engagement with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 33 6.2 Education, Information and Training activities 61 3.3 Education, Information and Training 33 6.2.1 Training workshop on Business and Human Rights. 61 3.3.1 Review of the Police Training Manual 33 6.2.2 Training workshop on the Integration of human rights based approach on climate change and 3.3.2 Judicial Colloquium and Lawyers Seminar on Sentencing Guidelines in Capital Offences 33 environment management. 64 3.3.3 Human Rights Training for Head Court Marshals and Prison Staff 34 6.2.3 Training workshops on Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) to HIV 3.4 Submission on Bills, Laws and Policies 34 and AIDS Programming.