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Title PageTABLE OF CONTENTSTable of Contentsii - v0 Background to the Report and Synopsis vi - vii1.0 The Land of Lesotho1.1 Geographic Setting 11.2 The People 1 - 21.3 Political History and Framework 2(a) Nation Building 2(b) Missionaries and Moshoeshoe 2(c) Trouble with the Boers 3 - 41.4 Population 41.5 Demographic Data (Population Census 1996) 5 - 61.6 Official Languages 61.7 Socio Economic Indicators 6 - 71.8 The Legal System 71.9 Basic Documents on Human Rights and Major Human RightsInstruments to which Lesotho is a State Party 81.10 Political Developments Pertaining to Civil and Political Rights 9 - 171.11 Steps taken to improve the following:(a) Disabled 17 - 18(b) Children 19 -(c) Women20 - 3I(d) Foreign Service -ii
1.12 Power Sharing between Men and Women at all levels ofDecision making 22(a) The Senate 22(b) The National Assembly 22(c) The Public Service 22(d) Cabinet 221.13 The Role of NGO's in Empowering Women 231.14 HIV/AIDS Education and Awareness 231.15 Steps taken to Protect Family Cohesion 24 - 261.16 Religion 261.17 The Government(a) The Monarchy 26 - 27(b) Elected Officials 27(c) Appointed Officials 27 - 281.18 Legal Framework within which Human Rights are Protected 28 - 301.19 Enforcement of the Provisions of the Charted by Courtsand Other Tribunals or Administrative Authorities 30 - 31Article 1 (Undertaking to give effect to the Charter) 31Article 2 ( Non discrimination) 31 - 33Article 3 (Equality before the law) 33Article 4 (Human beings are inviolable - The right to life) 33 - 40Article 5 (Human dignity - exploitation and degradation prohibited) 40 - 44Article 6 (Liberty and security of a pei son) 44 - 49Article 7(The right to have a cause heard, pi esumption ofinnocence, the light to defence, ti ial within seasonabletime)... 49 -iii
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( statistics on such cases have not
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interference, freedom to receive id
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Section 7 further empowers the Regi
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ARTICLE 12The constitution provides
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(i)to perform such other functions
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According to Section 30 of the Cons
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1997 - 2001 UNICEF/GOL programme of
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adopted an action plan of all the r
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