Human Rights Commission- Zambia

𝐇𝐑𝐂-𝐙 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐂𝐆𝐋𝐑 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

The Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC-Z) on Friday, 29th May 2026, hosted a delegation from the Levy Mwanawasa Regional Centre for Democracy and Good Governance (LMRC), a specialised think tank and autonomous technical organ of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), as part of a pre-electoral assessment mission ahead of the August 2026 General Election.

Read more via website: https://hrc.org.zm/hrc-z-hosts-icglr-delegation-for-pre-electoral-assessment/

𝐇𝐑𝐂-𝐙, 𝐌𝐂𝐃𝐒𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC-Z) and the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) have announced a strategic partnership to address the rights of vulnerable and marginalised groups in Zambia.

Read more via website: https://hrc.org.zm/hrc-z-mcdss-to-strengthen-collaboration/

🎊🎉𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐀𝐘 🎉🎊

The Human Rights Commission of Zambia joins the African continent in celebrating the African Freedom Day, also known as Africa Day, which falls annually on 25th May, the day the Organization of the African Unity, now the African Union, was established in 1963.

Africa Day celebrates the sacrifices the great men and women made in the struggle for political independence from colonialism and apartheid. It heralds the dawn of respect for human and people's rights without any form of discrimination.

The African Union declared 2026 as the year of
"𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟔𝟑".

The declaration is a reminder of the significance of the right to safe drinking water and sanitation towards the realization of other rights such as the right to health, life, education, environment and dignity.
It is also a reminder that civil and political rights and social, economic and cultural rights are indivisible and interdependent. Neither of them can be achieved and sustained without the other.

Africa Freedom Day is an opportunity to reflect on the achievements made during the past 63 years of Freedom, Unity and Solidarity in Africa and the remaining obligation to fully respect, protect and fulfill human and people's rights in the respective countries, including Zambia.

This year’s Africa Freedom Day is being commemorated under the theme:
“𝐒𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐲-𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 (𝟔𝟑) 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫"