| dc.creator |
Mkumbo, Gladness Robert |
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| dc.date |
2020-10-16T05:21:25Z |
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| dc.date |
2020-10-16T05:21:25Z |
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| dc.date |
2020 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2021-05-05T07:28:59Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2021-05-05T07:28:59Z |
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| dc.identifier |
APA |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4382 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/11192/4382 |
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| dc.description |
A Compulsory Research Report Submitted to the Faculty of Law in Partial Fulfillment of
Requirements for Award of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree of Mzumbe University |
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| dc.description |
The growth of Civil Rights; right to vote is seen to have attained the
Weight of a human right. This is so under the perspective of modern human rights. It is now on a world hot debates as to whether prisoners
Should be afforded this modern human right or be denied as is the case in
Most African countries including Tanzania. In Tanzania, the prisoners
Under six months imprisonment and those awaiting trial are the ones
allowed to vote.
From this research, there searcher identifies the general objective of the
Research to examine how lack of an efficient framework hinders the right
to vote for prisoners in Tanzania.
An exhaustive conceptual framework of the rights to vote for prisoners
and elaboration of relevant terms that the researcher used in this research. The research has also involved relevant legal and institutional framework of the right to vote for prisoners in Tanzania.
These include relevant international instruments, regional instruments
And local instruments whose themes are explained in the study. The data
Collected and analysis made from it suggests that Tanzania has failure of
Existing legal frameworks in protection of the rights to vote for prisoners as also witnessed by its non-compliance with international obligations and thus preventing prisoners in attaining their rights to vote in Tanzania.
It is therefore concluded and recommended that for the rights to vote for
Prisoners to be protected, the government of Tanzania should set clear
Laws on these rights. The legislation by the help of other legal authorities
in amending the existing laws to protect the rights to vote for prisoners and
also, the establishment of a legal organization that challenges the rights to
vote for prisoners in Tanzania so as their rights can be protected. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Mzumbe University |
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| dc.subject |
Prisoners |
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| dc.title |
Assessment of the Law on the Right to Vote for Prisoners in Tanzania. |
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| dc.type |
Thesis |
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