Human rights are sacrosanct, period!

YESTERDAY, we ran a story titled Parly should champion human rights: Mudenda, where Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda called on the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and the Thematic Committee on Human Rights to play a leading role in protecting human rights and upholding the rule of law.

Mudenda said this while addressing the committees at a workshop, where he emphasised that human rights and the rule of law were essential for sustainable development.

“However, one cannot promote and protect human rights when oblivious of them.

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