Parly should champion human rights: Mudenda

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has 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.

Addressing the committees at a workshop, Mudenda emphasised that human rights and the rule of law are essential for sustainable development.

He said they should ensure that the protection of human rights and upholding of the rule of law remained the democratic lenses towards achieving qualitative sustainable development for our citizens.

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