{"id":1073,"date":"2019-11-15T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T10:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/recommendations-for-promoting-integrity-and-fighting-corruption-in-iraq-copy\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T10:12:22","slug":"promoting-human-rights-and-legislative-efficiency-in-the-pap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/?p=1073","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Human Rights and Legislative Efficiency in the Pan-African Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), which is the legislative body of the African Union, has recently emphasised the need to formulate laws that better promote human rights on the African continent. Efforts are being made to develop model laws on people living with disabilities, policing, immigration, protection of cultural heritage as well as food, nutrition and food security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the EU-funded project \u2018Strengthening the African Human Rights System\u2019, Dr Birgit Laubach, Managing Director of elbarlament, served as a consultant to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa. During sessions in September and October 2019, Dr Laubach worked closely with the parliamentary staff of various standing committees, the legal department, as well as MPs\u00a0 to address the PAP\u2019s existing draft guidelines on the development of model laws.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The consultancy consisted of a workshop for the Members of the Pan African Parliament on the conduct of public hearings and the\u00a0 the formulation of model laws, technical support to the drafting process, review of the draft guidelines on the development of the existing model laws.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The objective of the consultation was to compile proposals of new rules and amendments to the existing Rules of Procedures of the parliament, ultimately helping to make the PAP a more transparent, effective and efficient legal apparatus while also emphasising the importance of human rights more generally. The goal of the Pan-African Parliament is to get full legislative power and to harmonise the legislation of the African Union member states. Model Laws can play an important role to reach these objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGJmdjJ5bGs4OHNfcGFuYWZyaWNhbnBhcmxpYW1lbnQuanBnfDk5MHwxMS8xNS8yMDE5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGJmdjJ5bGs4OHNfcGFuYWZyaWNhbnBhcmxpYW1lbnQuanBnfDk5MHwxMS8xNS8yMDE5.jpg 990w, https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGJmdjJ5bGs4OHNfcGFuYWZyaWNhbnBhcmxpYW1lbnQuanBnfDk5MHwxMS8xNS8yMDE5-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XGltYWdlc1xjb250ZW50XGJmdjJ5bGs4OHNfcGFuYWZyaWNhbnBhcmxpYW1lbnQuanBnfDk5MHwxMS8xNS8yMDE5-453x400.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), which is the legislative body of the African Union, has recently emphasised the need to formulate laws that better promote human rights on the African continent. 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