English - African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

The Government, i.e the Monarchy, Elected Officials, and Appointed Officials The legalframework within which human rights are protected; And the enforcement of the Imo ■isions ofthe Charter by the courts and other tribunals or administrative authorities.The rest of the report is dedicated to the implementation of the various rights contained in theCharter. This covers all articles of the Charter, i.e from Article 1 to Article 29. It containsinformation relating to the recognition of all the rights contained in the Charter and also thecountry's undertaking to honour the obligations thereof, as well as guarantying to allindividuals, citizens and aliens alike residing in Lesotho, all the rights contained in the Charter.These include• the right of equality before the law ( non discrimination); the right to life; theright not to be subjected to torture or in human or degrading punishment; the right to personalliberty and security of person; the right to have a cause heard, presumption of innocence, trialwithin a reasonable time; freedom of conscience, religion; the right to receive information anddissemination of information and opinion; freedom of association; the right to assemble freely;the right of freedom of movement; the right to participate in government, equal access to publicservice, access to public property; the right to property; the right to work under equitableconditions, equal pay for equal work; the right to enjoy best attainable state of physical andmental health; the right to education, cultural life and protection of moral and traditional values;protection of the family, duty of the state to assist the family, elimination of discriminationagainst women; equality of all people and non domination of people by another; the right to selfdetermination; the right to dispose of wealth, recovery of wealth, adequate compensation,disposal of natural resources; the right to economic, social and cultural development; the rightto international and national peace; the right to a satisfactory environment; the duty to promoteand ensure through teaching, education and publication, the respect for the rights contained inthe Charter; and the duty to guarantee the independence of the courts.At the end of the Report there is a list of the statutes and legal instruments referred to in theReport, including : agreements, Lesotho Cabinet Decisions, Lesotho cases as well as otherreports and documents.vii