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COVID-19 Emergency Response In Correctional Facilities in Zambia

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Letter to the President – Corvid-19 Emergency Response In Correctional Facilities in Zambia Greetings fellow countrymen!   As we all should be aware that covid-19 has been detected and is now officially at 16 cases within the country of Zambia. As Advocacy for Child Justice, ACJ and LifeSavers Zambia, we would like to commend the Government for taking swift measures by closing the Schools and Universities within the country to safeguard our children and youths. Also, the complete shutdown of of bars, restaurants and limiting numbers for gatherings to 50 people and of course time for churches. This is welcome. As Advocacy for Child Justice and LifeSavers Zambia, we are concerned about the state of the Correctional facilities in the country which have capacity to hold 5,500 inmates but continue to house abnormal numbers such as more than 21,000 in 2018, 23,000 in 2019, of whom almost 6,000 were pardoned ... Read More
UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty ACJ Zambia

UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty

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UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty Today ACJ participates at the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty: Sub – regional launch in Pretoria, South Africa, at the Center for Human Rights. It has been observed in the key note speeches that society should be more forgiving towards child offenders. It was also noted that children are at the heart of sustainable development, which gives us a reason children must be a focus of all investments and deprivation of liberty must be of last resort, and use of alternative sentencing for children be emphasized in our countries. Justice Albie Sachs, former Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, observed that there entrenched constitutional obligations for countries to protect and fulfilling the rights of children. And one of ways to protect children is letting them be children. #LetTheChildrenBeChildren#UNGlobalStudyOnChildrenDepriveOfLiberty ... Read More