Ethiopia: Justice Bodies Urged to Work
for Human Rights Respect
21
OCTOBER 2012
Addis Ababa — The
Federal High Court urges justice bodies to make coordinated efforts to ensure
and protect human rights nationwide.
A training module
prepared for justice bodies by an NGO, Justice for All - Prison Fellowship
Ethiopia, was also inaugurated.
Speaking at a
consultative forum held Adama town Friday, Court President Wubeshet Taye said
training federal and regional court and police officials in human rights law
and institutional administrative regulations play significant role to ensure rule
of law and respect human rights.
The forum would be
instrumental in providing uniform legal service nationwide and enhance the
awareness of the justice bodies on human rights.
He said the module is
essential to train justice organs and strenghen the justice sector.
Justice for All -
Prison Fellowship Ethiopia President Pastor Daniel Gebre-Silassie on his part
said research has been conducted in the past two years intended to compile
consistent curriculum module used to train justice bodies.
He said professionals
from the Addis Ababa University, Federal and state courts have participated in
the study.
According to him, the
module is being translated into different local languages to reach out many
more relevant bodies.
Participants from
Amhara, Oromia, SNNP states, among others, have attended the forum.
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