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AfriMAP Methodological Workshop, Senegal
July 2006
The Rencontre Africain pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO), the focal point for AfriMAP in Senegal, hosted a two-day methodological workshop for the AfriMAP process on 28-29 July 2006, at Saly Mbour near Dakar. Participants from a wide range of Senegalese civil society organisations debated draft reports on the justice sector and on the right to political participation, and the preparation of a report on the effective delivery of public services.
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 | Monitoring African Governance Standards: Civil Society Event at the African Union Summit
June 2006
On 26-28 June 2006 the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), The Open Society Justice Initiative, Afrimap, and Partnership Africa Canada held a civil society workshop in Banjul, the Gambia, in advance of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government. The workshop was convened to discuss ways of improving government compliance, and the capacity of civil society to ensure this compliance, with commitments made under African Union and international treaties.
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 | South Africa Justice Sector Report Launch
17 February 2006
On 17 February 2006, AfriMAP launched its first report, on the justice sector in South Africa, at an event at the former women's prison at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. Advocate George Bizos spoke at the launch, addressing questions of judicial independence and the rule of law in the context of recently proposed legislation to amend the South African Constitution.
The effect of the proposed amendments, he stated, was: "in essence, to transfer the administrative and budgeting powers more...
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 | MRRRC host roundtable in Lilongwe to discuss draft of AfriMAP-OSISA report on political participation in Malawi
02 February 2006
The Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre (MHRRC) hosted a roundtable of stakeholders to discuss the first full draft of the AfriMAP-OSISA report on political participation in Malawi, on 2nd February 2006, in Lilongwe. MHRRC is a Malawian NGO that focuses on capacity building for civil society groups in the area of human rights, and has been working in partnership with AfriMAP-OSISA as a host institution for the research. A wide range of representatives from political parties, the public administration, more...
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 | Ghana AfriMAP roundtable
October 2005
On 20-22 October 2005, the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) held a two-day roundtable, in conjunction with OSIWA and AfriMAP, to introduce and discuss the implementation of AfriMAP in Ghana. Participants included a wide range of activists, academics and government officials, who debated the three AfriMAP themes -- justice sector and the rule of law, political participation and democracy, and delivery of public services -- and the ways to make the research most effective and useful in the more...
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