PROPOSED: The Hon. Suzanne Vos MP (South Africa)
SECONDED: The Hon. L Boyce Sebetela MP (Botswana)

PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT

AMENDED MOTION
DATE: May 2, 2007 (Amended May 8, 2007)

MOTION

That this Honourable House debates the recent arrest and detention of journalists and opposition political activists in the Republic of Zimbabwe and reports of assaults and torture and murder of these persons; and

Agrees to send a fact-finding mission to the Republic of Zimbabwe with the following Terms of Reference:

1. To investigate allegations of the abuse of human rights and the rule of law relating to the arrest and detention, assault and murder of political activists and members of the media;

2. To investigate allegations of the intimidation of political activists and members of the media;

3. To investigate allegations of the restriction of freedom of speech and expression;

4. To investigate any other matters in relation to human and people's rights, good governance, transparency and the rule of law pertinent to the mandate of the Pan African Parliament in terms of the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the functions and powers of the Pan African Parliament;

5. To report to the next Plenary session of the Pan African Parliament.