BILL WATCH PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE SERIES [20th July 2011] Change of Venue for Harare Public Hearing on Human Rights Commission Bill Saturday 23rd July
Saturday’s public hearing on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill will now take place at Parliament itself, not at the Cyril Jennings Hall in Highfield as originally scheduled. Details are as follows:
Venue: Senate Chamber, Ground Floor, Parliament Building, Harare
Date: Saturday 23rd July
Time: 10 am
The hearing is open to all. Those wishing to attend should use the Nelson Mandela Avenue entrance to Parliament, between Second and Third Streets. IDs must be produced.
This hearing will be the last of seven being held around the country this week by a Joint Committee of the House of Assembly Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs and the Senate Thematic Committee on Human Rights. The first meeting, in Chinhoyi on Monday, had to be abandoned after it was disrupted by rowdy elements objecting to criticism of the Bill expressed by a member of the public giving evidence at the hearing.
The object of the hearings is to gather public views on this important Bill before it is debated in the House of Assembly and later in the Senate. The joint committee will produce a report which will be presented in both Houses when the Bill comes up for its Second Reading in due course. The chairperson of the Portfolio Committee is Hon Douglas Mwonzora MP. The chairperson of the Thematic Committee is Hon Senator Misheck Marava.
If you are unable to attend a hearing, written submissions and correspondence may be addressed to: The Clerk of Parliament, Attention: Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs, P.O. Box CY298, Causeway, Harare. If delivering, please use the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance to Parliament, between Second and Third Streets. The sooner written submissions are delivered the better, because there is an element of urgency to this Bill.
For further information please contact the committee clerk, Ms Precious Zenda. Telephone 04-700181, 252931, 252941. Mobile: 0772 281533. Email zendap@parlzim.gov.zw
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