A new APROFORT report highlights that the death penalty has not yet been abolished since the country entry into the CPLP and that the anti-corruption measures underway are not being implemented effectively despite the reform programme with the IMF.
The TIAL Project aims to create spaces for discussion, exchange and awareness of the possible guarantees of gender equality in the laws in force in Equatorial Guinea, using the national Constitution as a starting point.
The workshop will try to evaluate from the experts’ point of view how the situation of human rights and good governance in 2021 has evolved either positively or negatively. The experts will also analyze the key events during the year and give their assessment, in addition to analyzing the prospects for the year 2022. The …
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As autoridades devem investigar a queixa apresentada por Joaquin Elo Ayeto contra membros das forças de segurança que o ameaçaram e assegurar que todos os cidadãos estrangeiros recebam assistência jurídica e tratamento adequado com carácter de urgência.
Some non-governmental organizations from Equatorial Guinea have denounced, at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, some of the serious problems women face in the country.
APROFORT just concluded the process for awarding financial support to activities strengthening the project goals at the local level.
The Parliament of Equatorial Guinea must improve the anti-corruption law and should amend the constitution or ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aimed at abolishing the death penalty, for a complete elimination of the death penalty in the country, since the amendment of the criminal law may not be enough.
From 19 to 27 November, the manager of the APROFORT project, Lucas Olo, visited the cities of Malabo and Bata. Together with APROFORT’s Legal Clinic lawyer, Maria Jesús Bikene, they met with up to 14 civil society organisations in the country. From exchanges with civil society organisations, it could be found that the economic crisis …
TI Portugal and EG Justice monitored the anti-corruption plan found the government has complied with only 20% of measures established by the agreement with the IMF.
APROFORT sub-grants are awarded in form of financial support directed to the implementation activities and initiatives that converge with APROFORT’s main expected results.