Follow us on:

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube

Archive -National Assembly

National Assembly - Anti-victimisation committee meet to discuss plan of work for 2018 |17 February 2018

The Anti-victimisation committee of the National Assembly held an important meeting this week to discuss their plan of work for this year and beyond.

The vice-chairperson of the committee, Clifford Andre, led the discussions, whereby other members present also brought forward propositions on working more efficiently when handling complaints and cases that are submitted by members of the public.  

The Anti-victimisation committee is mandated to hear and inquire into cases of victimisation and has the principal aims of resolving complaints that are lodged, identifying and recommending to the National Assembly the measures to be adopted to eliminate victimisation in Seychelles.

The committee held its first hearing in April of 2017 and up to now 490 cases have been submitted to the committee, of which 152 have been heard. The remaining ones that have not been heard involve cases that do not qualify as victimisation cases and fall under the exclusion for hearings as per the Terms of Reference of the Committee.  

Following the resignation of its chairperson, Patrick Pillay, who was also the Speaker of the National Assembly, the committee will soon hold elections for a new chairperson and vice-chairperson once a new Speaker has been elected. The decision has been made in line with the Terms of Reference that stipulates that the Speaker shall be an ex-officio member and chairperson of the committee. It is in this respect that once a new Speaker has been elected that the committee will present an amendment of the Terms of Reference, as well as the new conditions for the new chairperson and vice-chairperson who will be elected.

The committee will resume hearings in March in accordance with the Terms of Reference, beginning with cases that have already been submitted.

Following from this the committee is still open to accept submissions of victimisation from the public, as well as working towards improving the process of the hearings, and the way forward when handling multiple cases.

 

 

 

» Back to Archive