_: The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) organized on Tuesday March 19, 2024 in Boromo a meeting to present the mandate of the CNDH and the missions of the Hauts Bassins regional branch to the authorities and representatives of civil society organizations.

The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) is an independent national public authority for the promotion, protection and defense of human rights in Burkina Faso. The institution has existed since 2001.

Unfortunately, according to the findings of the first officials, the CNDH is very little known to the population. The same is true of the delegation of the Hauts Bassins regional branch set up since 2021 and little known by the populations it came to serve.

It is to make themselves better known that the first managers initiated a tour from March 19 to 29, 2024 in the regions of Boucle du Mouhoun, Hauts Bassins, Cascades and Sud-Ouest in order to present on the one hand the mandate of the CNDH and on the other hand the missions of the Hauts Bassins r
egional branch to stakeholders in the regions covered by the branch.

To do this, she spoke with the administrative authorities, the defense and security forces, customary and religious people and representatives of civil society organizations in Boromo, on March 19, 2024.

Participants followed three communications which focused on the mandate of the CNDH and the mission of the Hauts Bassins regional branch, the complaints mechanism of the CNDH and the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture.

Communications were handled respectively by the secretary general of the CNDH Paul KABRE, the head of the complaints department Germaine KIEMA and the head of the Western regional branch service Olivier KABRE.

At the end of the communications, the participants had fruitful exchanges with the CNDH delegation.

The participants expressed their satisfaction with the approach of the CNDH which allowed them to discover the institution.

In the opinion of the president of the Balé provincial youth council, Zakaria
GUIRA, human rights issues in the context of insecurity experienced by Burkina should not be a taboo subject and this is the role of the CNDH. being with the populations and listening to them.

According to the secretary general of the CNDH Paul KABRE, the mission achieved its objectives given the mobilization of the invited actors, the interest in communications and exchanges.

Also, Mr. KABRE invited the participants to be relays with their respective structures in order to allow populations to know the independent national public authority that is the CNDH and to be able to use its services if necessary.

The high commissioner of the province Ibrahim Boly expressed his satisfaction at receiving the CNDH because the institution is on its first mission of exchange with the populations, the concentrated and decentralized structures of the province since its creation. He therefore invited the participants to be relays for the CNDH

Source: Burkina Information Agency