Luanda – The actions of the National Human Rights Strategy, planned for 2022, are already with an execution level of 80 percent, according to the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queiroz.
The minister made this statement at the opening of the II National Conference on Local Human Rights Committees, adding that, in this sense, 160 local committees have already been created.
He also pointed out that, in the next few days, the last four Local Human Rights Committees will be opened so that they can cover all the municipalities.
He added that the local committees are decisive factors in the human rights strategy, since it is through their local work that the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens are guaranteed.
He said that the system for managing human rights in Angola aims to give national actors a greater role in the promotion and monitoring of this issue, thereby restoring national sovereignty over this essential component of human existence.
To this end, he narrated that human rights were elevated to the category of national security matter, with a seat in the evaluations of the National Security Council presided over by the President of the Republic.
He clarified that the committees are privileged spaces for debate and local consultation on the promotion, defence and protection of human rights.
Source: Angola Press News Agency