a.
Publicise
the Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa 1996,
the Kadoma Declaration on Community Service Orders in Africa 1997,
the Ouagadougou Declaration on Accelerating Prison and Penal Reform in Africa 2002;
the reports of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa;
the reports and statements of the heads of Correctional Services Conference of Central, Eastern and Southern
Africa (CESCA).
b.
Develop and promote models for replication throughout the continent, such as the Community Service scheme
developed in Zimbabwe, the diversion scheme in Namibia and South Africa, the sector-wide approach in
Uganda, the prison farm and paralegal models developed in Malawi or the use of biogas technique developed
in Rwanda.
c.
Emphasise primary health care, hygiene education, nutrition and sanitation promotion in the prisons and link
health care of prisoners with the Ministry of Health.
d.
Develop approaches to HIV/AIDS based on international standards, including sensitization and prevention
campaigns for staff, prisoners and families, as well as provision of condoms inside the prisons. Include the issue
of AIDS/HIV in prison in campaigns of sensitization for the community.
e.
Apply UN safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty where not yet
abolished.
f.
Promote specific juvenile justice laws and systematic use of alternatives to imprisonment to deal with young
offenders.
g.
Encourage the establishment of a pan-African penal reform network.
6. Promoting regional and international Charters on Prisoners' Rights
a.
Publicise the draft African Charter on Prisoners' Rights to be finalised and further adopted by the African
Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).
b.
Contribute to finalising and promoting the United Nations Charter on the Rights of Prisoners.