Address by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, delivered an address on Developing Trust through Respect for Human Rights yesterday. The Commissioner discussed the following issues.

1. Constitutional reform as a stepping stone for attainment of freedom, justice and social well being.
2. Comprehensive police reforms.
3. The ICC investigations based on the 'most responsible' policy, with emphasis for an independent, credible and efficient national judicial mechanism to try 'minor offenders' / 'foot soldiers'.
4. Support for the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to foster communal reconciliation and restore dignity of victims.
5. Crucial role of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights to investigate, report, document and recommend prosecution for human rights violations.
6. Protecting witnesses of crimes, activists and human rights defenders.
7. Support for the African Commission's ruling on the Endorois.

Read full text on:
www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10122&LangID=e

However my concern is that the government is not taking the above concerns seriously, the reform pace is too slow. Visitors come and go and the situation does not change. Notwithstanding the constitution other crucial amendments are on 'slow mode'. We can do better, i believe we can. That is why Maneno H.R exists.

Respect for Human Rights, the way to a united nation