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
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
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 ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
).
The deputy chairperson is the Hon
Efigênia dos Santos Lima Clemente (
Angola
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).
Rapporteur of the committee is Hon
Abdu Katuntu (
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
).
Justice
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
Parliamentary committees on Justice
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