06 Jun 2008: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: The Constitution and the Security Sector: Enhancement of Democratic Values and Peace

ISS Seminar: The Constitution and the Security Sector: Enhancement of Democratic Values and Peace
Pretoria, 6 June 2008

 

Seminar hosted by the Security Sector Governance Programme, ISS Tshwane (Pretoria)

 

Speakers:

  • Prof Michelo HANSUNGULE, Professor in Human Rights Law; Academic Coordinator: LLM (Human Rights and Constitutional Practice)
  • Dr Kasuka MUTUKWA, Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum
  • Maj-Gen (Rtd) Len Le Roux, Office Director, Institute for Security Studies
  • Hon Alfred John CHIKALIMBA, Chairperson of Malawi’s Defence and Security Committee
  • Hon Gen Bantu HOLOMISA, Member of the South African Parliament and President of the United Democratic Movement
  • Hon James Janga DUKU, SSLA Deputy to the Chair to the Security and Public Order Committee
  • Mr Thulani MASEKO, Attorney of the High Court of Swaziland and Secretary General of the Lawyers for Human Rights (Swaziland)
  • Prof Mevlin MBAO, Department of Public Law and Legal Philosophy, University of the North West
  • Prof Jonathan MOYO, Member of Parliament (Zimbabwe)

 

The aim of this seminar is to provide an environment for relevant actors in the security sector and beyond to engage in a conversation designed to prioritise the need to comprehensively integrate the constitution with the security sector in a manner that reflects the latter’s profound effect on the former and as well as on the broader governance dimension and hitherto provide and enhance democratic values and peace. The seminar’s main objective is to positively influence the policy processes towards an effective Security Sector Reform in various African States through debates around the relationship between the constitution and the security sector and how best to effect Security Sector Reform within a constitutional dispensation.

 

Venue: ISS Conference Room, Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
(Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA court)

 

Time: 09h30 (tea and coffee);
10h00 (seminar starts);
14h00 (light lunch)

 

RSVP: Job Hlongwa, E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: (012) 346 9500; Fax: (012) 460 0998

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