HUMAN RIGHTS IN TANZANIA: Selected Cases and Materials (original) (raw)

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This document analyzes various aspects of human rights law in Tanzania, focusing on significant legal cases that illustrate the challenges and protections surrounding issues like torture, inhuman treatment, harassment, and the right to a clean environment. It outlines the legal frameworks in place and highlights the ongoing struggles for labor rights and personal freedoms, aligning these issues with international human rights standards.

LHRC & ZLSC (2016): TANZANIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

Tanzania Human Rights Report is the report prepared annually by the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) in collaboration with the Zanzibar Legal Services Centre (ZLSC) depicting the situation of human rights in Tanzania for the particular year. In 2016 the report depict about the situation of human rights in the country, specifically on civil and political rights, rights of vulnerable groups, social- economic rights as well as adherence of Tanzania under international obligation to principles of human rights.

THE ROLE OF JUDICIARY IN DEVELOPING CONSTITUTIONALISM JURISPRUDENCE IN TANZANIA

The principle of constitutionalism requires the government to adhere to the existing constitution and the said constitution must uphold justice. When violation occurs the court vested power to protect the constitution for hearing the allegations made by the victims or any interested party. The court in doing so led to the development of Constitutionalism.

'Unknown Assailants': A Threat to Human Rights. Tanzania Human Rights Report -2017

The main objective of the report is to highlight the situation of human rights in Tanzania for the year 2017, indicating human rights violations and efforts made to promote or safeguard human rights. The report also seeks remind duty bearers of their human rights protection obligations and make comparisons on human rights situation between the years 2016 and 2017. In 2017 the situation of human rights in Tanzania has deteriorated compared to last year, 2016. Civil and political rights in particular, suffered the most, with violations or restrictions of right to life, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and right to liberty and personal security increasing. Rights of women and children continue to be jeopardized by incidents of violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC), especially sexual violence, which was on the rise in 2017. On the other hand, government action helped to boost right to education, through increased access to education under the new education policy, although quality of such education remains a challenge as is learning and teaching environment. The Government also moved to safeguard the right to benefit from natural resources through sweeping reforms in the mining sector and changes on the mining laws.

THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF LAW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LAW IN PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY IN TANZANIA

The right to freedom of peaceful assembly seeks to ensure that every individual in the society participate in matters affecting his or her interest and to regulate the relationship between the government and citizens. This work determines the restriction imposed by the laws in Tanzania on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and the effort taken to ensure effective enjoyment this right. Also the work discusses whether Tanzania is discharging her duty under international human rights principle towards the enjoyment of right to freedom of peaceful assembly. The study is largely comprised of information obtained from the use of both library research and field research. Primary documentary sources like pieces of legislation, international instruments, Government papers, policies, local cases and international were reviewed. Field research was carried out in Dodoma. The study finds that the government of Tanzania still had not taken necessary step towards protection of right to freedom of peaceful assembly. Citizens are not aware on their role to ensure peace and security during an assembly. It is time to the government of Tanzania to enact laws governing this right in line of international human rights instrument and to avoid unnecessary restrictions that hinder the exercise of this right.

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