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Day 2 of SADC Parliamentary Forum meeting: Hon. Teresa Manuela (SR on Prisons & Conditions in Detention) highlighting the importance of interrelationship between all oversight bodies/organisations for the creation of the #ModelLaw on #PrisonOversight Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status


SADC Parliamentary Forum Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status Hon. Member SADC Parliamentary Forum from Eswatini highlighting the importance of ensuring #HumanRight in Prisons and touching on multiple areas of concern like #PrisonOvercrowding & children in prison #ModelLaw #PrisonOversight

Hon. Member from SA calling on lawmakers SADC Parliamentary Forum to work together seamlessly and calling for action to change #PrisonConditions #PrisonOversight #ModelLaw


Justice Ntaba (High Court, Malawi) emphasizing the essential role and power of lawmakers in conducting #PrisonOversight SADC Parliamentary Forum #ModelLaw

H.E. Boemo Sekgoma- SADC PF Secretary General emphasized that Parliaments, as democratically elected bodies, must hold governments accountable for prison conditions. She proposed the establishment of dedicated parliamentary committees on prison oversight, similar to Public Accounts Committees, to monitor



Day 3 of SADC Parliamentary Forum Joint Standing Committee Meetings: We are kicking off with Prof Lukas Muntingh from DullahOmarInstitute setting the framework for a position paper on the development of #SADC #ModelLaw on #PrisonOversight Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status

Hon. Member from SA highlighting the importance of not only developing a #ModelLaw for #PrisonOversight, but that implementation is essential SADC Parliamentary Forum

Hon. Member from Angola SADC Parliamentary Forum stressing that it is not enough to create a #ModelLaw on #PrisonOversight, but that domestication and implementation requires political will from leaders in #SADC

Hon. Member from Lesotho raising important questions on how to address #PrisonOvercrowding in the framework of #ModelLaw for #PrisonOversight SADC Parliamentary Forum Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status

Hon. Member from Madagaskar emphasising that #ModelLaw on #PrisonOversight is a chance to harmonise regulation and to protect vulnerable groups in prisons #SADC SADC Parliamentary Forum




Prof Verne Harris from NelsonMandela sharing lessons from history relevant for #PrisonOversight and #ModelLaw SADC Parliamentary Forum - reflecting on Nelson Mandela's experience in prison

NelsonMandela SADC Parliamentary Forum Secretary General SADC Parliamentary Forum closing remarks: Highlighting to keep focus and deeper integration as essential factors for #ModelLaw on #PrisonOversight in order to harmonise regulation in #SADC

