Legislation

This constitution is the supreme law of Lesotho and if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution, that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.

As its title indicates, Human Rights Protected? Nine Southern African Country Reports on HIV, AIDS and the Law charts the extent to which human rights are protected in the legal systems of the Southern African states with very high HIV prevalence rates. These countries are Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Issues that are covered in the publication include access to health care, privacy, non-discrimination, labour rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, prisoners’ rights and the government’s oversight function.

In dark times people need light and journalism at its best can provide it. Stories told with Style and attachment to the values of press freedom help people better understand the complex world in which we live. With this in mind journalists’ unions and associations have launched the Ethical Journalism Initiative, a global campaign to help journalists to reconnect to their mission.