Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Encyclopedia
The Committee on Justice and Human Rights is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament
. It is in charge of law and justice issues in Africa
.
Functions of the committee:
Chairperson of the Committee is the Hon Abdelahad Gamaleldin (Egypt
)
The Deputy Chairperson is the Hon Efigênia dos Santos Lima Clemente
(Angola
)
Rapporteur of the Committee is Hon Abdu Katuntu
(Uganda
)
Pan-African Parliament
The Pan-African Parliament , also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union and held its inaugural session in March 2004. The PAP exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, lasting for the first five years...
. It is in charge of law and justice issues in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Functions of the committee:
- Assist Parliament in its role of harmonising and coordinating the laws of Member States.
- Promote respect for and develop sound principles of freedom, civil liberties, justice, human and peoples' rights and fundamental rights within the Union.
Chairperson of the Committee is the Hon Abdelahad Gamaleldin (Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
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The Deputy Chairperson is the Hon Efigênia dos Santos Lima Clemente
Efigênia dos Santos Lima Clemente
Efigênia Mariquinhas dos Santos Lima Clemente is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Angola, beginning in 2004. -References:...
(Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
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Rapporteur of the Committee is Hon Abdu Katuntu
Abdu Katuntu
Abdu Katuntu is a former member of the Pan-African Parliament from Uganda and the Rapporteur of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Katuntu is a member of Forum for Democratic Change party, and former member of parliament for Bugweri County. He lost his parliamentary seat in the 2006 Ugandan...
(Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
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