Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) Core Support 2019-2024
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LHRC was established in 1995 and is a leading human rights organisation in the country. Its vision is "A just and equitable society where the three arms of the state as well as non-state actors are practicing accountability, transparency and there is rule of law; and where there is public awareness, respect and engagement for human rights and good governance; ...
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LHRC was established in 1995 and is a leading human rights organisation in the country. Its vision is "A just and equitable society where the three arms of the state as well as non-state actors are practicing accountability, transparency and there is rule of law; and where there is public awareness, respect and engagement for human rights and good governance; where justice and respect for human dignity are reality.". Its mission is to "strive to empower the public and promote, reinforce and safeguard human rights and good governance in Tanzania through legal and civic education and information; sound legal research and advice; monitoring and follow-up of human rights violations; and advocacy for reforms of policies, laws and practices in conformity to international human rights standards".LHRC's overall goal for their strategic plan 2019-2024 is an improved state of human rights in Tanzania. That goal will be achieved by working towards five interrelated strategic objectives (SOs), where the first four have a thematic human rights focus and the fifth is the goal of strengthening LHRC as a civil society organisation (CSO) in its own right.The first SO (SO1) aims to enhance rights holders' and duty-bearers' understanding and respect for human rights. The second (SO2) aims to improve the legal framework, the effective implementation of such and, thereby, counteract the current shrinking civic space and the de-democratisation of Tanzania. The third (SO3) focuses on the social, economic and environmental rights by promoting the respect for and demanding accountability and compliance vis-à-vis these rights. The fourth (SO4) puts special vulnerable groups in focus by aiming to improve laws and policies that concern the situation of women, children and people living with disabilities (PWDs). The fifth (SO5) aims to strengthen LHRC as one of the main human rights organisation in Tanzania.The appraisal of this contribution concerns the entire period of the strategic plan i.e. six years (2019-2024). It is also expected that this time span will constitute the time frame of the upcoming country strategy for Tanzania. Each strategic plan period of six years is divided into two operational plans with budgets covering three years each. The Embassy of Sweden (EoS) has, hence, received a strategic plan and total requested sum that covers six years, as well as an operational plan with budget that covers the first operational plan period of three years i.e. 2019-2021. The total requested amount of 72 M SEK for six years represents an increase of 18% of the previous average annual amount to LHRC. EoS assesses that an increase of the support is relevant based on the importance LHRC has, and is expected to continue and have, in the current difficult situation for democracy and human rights in Tanzania. Sweden, Norway and Sweden constitute the three development partners that intend financing LHRC’s strategic plan 2019-2024. The contribution will not attain the total sum that LHRC has calculated that they require in order to carry out their strategic plan in full. However, LHRC has submitted a budget for its first operational plan that reflects available funds. This is an important step considering the previous challenging situation that LHRC has faced as a result of working with a budget that represents an ideal funding scenario rather than an actual funding scenario. If LHRC will be successful in fund raising more, the current operational plan will be revised in line with such. The underlying appraisal for this decision proposes a core funding contribution of 12 MSEK per year during the full Strategic Plan period 2019-2024. This is in line with the aid effectiveness agenda of providing core support and of providing long-term funding to civil society as a way of bestowing them with predictability in their operations.
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Result
-- Contributed to increase of access to justice, in 2022, through legal aid programs where a total of 18,190 clients were attended, in which 67% were male and 33% were female. This represents 91% of the targeted number of the clients to be attended in the year 2022. This is a major achievement compared with 2021 where LHRC managed to reach 82% of the target. - In the reporting period, LHRC managed to win 173 cases compared with 219 cases won in the year 2021. Out of 173 cases won, 62% male and 38% female. - LHRCs interventions pushed for the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Legal and constitutional Affairs to declare that any legislation and drafting styles should have gender sensitive eyes and that includes committees to have gender parity and ensure legal gendered language and composition. - LHRC supported 98 local communities on access to remedy case through judicial mechanisms on behalf of residents of Nyakunguru village, Tarime district for land compensation and it was successful in 2022 as ruled by High Court Musoma Registry. The residents have been compensated by North Mara Gold Mine. - LHRCs intervention on the new Wage Order, seeking to safeguard workers right to fair remuneration on minimum wages has been implemented, following the development and adoption of the Wage Order 2022 to replace the Wage Order of 2013. This was one of the key recommendations by LHRC made in the Human Rights and Business Report to the government since 2017. - LHRC participated in the Excellence in Journalism Awards Tanzania by providing awards to recognize initiatives of journalists in Tanzania who continue to raise awareness and amplify voices on issues of legal and human rights. As a result, the journalists successfully investigated how people die in police custody as well as the torture they go through while in the hands of the police which is against the law. Also, they effectively advocated on the effect of water pollution in Mara River which resulted in Members of Parliament not accepting the report of the committee on the matter. Given the increased number of incidences of human rights violations through human rights monitors and media is an indication of the awareness raised and improved access to justices. However, there is still need of strengthening the capacity of officials within these institutions for them to perform their duties effectively and timely to attain justice. - Employees right to contracts of Employment: The Government issued a statement that the government will start searching employers who do not issue contacts to their employee. This was after the Human Rights and Business Report 2021/2022 findings on employment issues where the report stated that most companies do not issue contracts to employees and even if issued, not all terms are fulfilled.
LHRC's overall goal for their strategic plan 2019-2024 is an improved state of human rights in Tanzania. That goal will be achieved by working towards five interrelated strategic objectives (SOs), where the first four have a thematic human rights focus and the fifth is the goal of strengthening LHRC as a civil society organisation (CSO) in its own right. The first SO (SO1) aims to enhance rights holders' and duty-bearers' understanding and respect for human rights. The second (SO2) aims to improve the legal framework, the effective implementation of such and, thereby, counteract the current shrinking civic space and the de-democratisation of Tanzania. The third (SO3) focuses on the social, economic and environmental rights by promoting the respect for and demanding accountability and compliance vis-à-vis these rights. The fourth (SO4) puts special vulnerable groups in focus by aiming to improve laws and policies that concern the situation of women, children and people living with disabilities (PWDs). The fifth (SO5) aims to strengthen LHRC as one of the main human rights organisation in Tanzania. The above SOs will be achieved through four main strategies: i) capacity building of rights holders to understand and assert their rights, as well as of duty bearers to ensure the realisation of citizens' rights; ii) monitor, research and, thereafter, report on the human rights situation in the country; iii) utilise research and findings for evidence based advocacy for human rights policy reforms; and iv) service provision, specifically, the provision of legal aid to vulnerable populations. Additionally, LHRC mentions partnership building, networking and coalition building with others e.g. other CSOs, media, both in Tanzania, regionally and internationally. Another strategy mentioned under the four thematic human rights SOs is strategic litigation. LHRC escalate some of its basic legal aid cases for strategic litigation in order to push for necessary changes in law, policies and practices. Strategic litigation involves preparation of pleadings, filing in courts and representing or attending such cases in both national and regional courts. LHRC's theory of change entails raising the public awareness about its rights so that they can claim their rights vis-à-vis the rights holders when the rights are not respected. This is e.g. done through LHRC's continuous monitoring of and reporting about the human rights situation. When rights holders are made more aware and more knowledgeable they increase their pressure on duty bearers to ensure their rights. Hence, duty bearers start being held to account for not ensuring the citizens' rights and, consequently, start working on improving the human rights situation. Moreover, through the provision of legal aid, where LHRC partly fills the gap of vulnerable peoples' limited access to justice, LHRC gathers data about the current human rights trends and abuses, that they can utilise as evidence based information in their engagements with: 1) governmental duty bearers so that they can ensure improved access to justice for the population through the formal government justice structures and, hence, also strengthen the rule of law AND reform necessary legislation and policies; 2) corporate duty bearers so that they can ensure greater respect for their activities' negative impact on labour rights and on environmental degradation that affects peoples social and economic rights; and 3) the communities themselves in LHRC efforts to mobilise their engagement for claiming their rights and, hence, put more pressure on the realisation of such. All of this in turn, will lead to: an increased understanding for and respect of human rights; good governance and the rule of law; and free civic space and strengthened democracy in Tanzania. Ultimately, LHRC's mission is: a just and equitable society.
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