Lack of legislation and disrespect of law could sabotage infant democracy: HRCM
05 Apr 2010, 8:37 PM
The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) has warned that “deliberate disrespect towards upholding the rule of law” in the Maldives risks the population losing respect for democracy as a system of governance.
Making the claim in its draft contribution to UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review, now released to public review and comment, HRCM claimed that a continual failure to legislate and install regulatory frameworks concerning human rights would “inevitably” lead to violations in the future.
HRCM’s report is particularly damning towards parliament, stating that efforts to establish a standing committee on human rights tasked with pushing bills for human rights compliance “have failed to materialise”.
The report also noted that while the Maldives has ratified six of the nine core international human rights instruments, it had yet to sign the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
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