Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MAPUTO564
2006-05-15 14:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Maputo
Cable title:
MOZAMBIQUE: USG-FUNDED ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION INITIATIVE GRABS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
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UNCLAS MAPUTO 000564
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S - HTREGER, G/TIP - RYOUSEY, AF/RSA - MHARPOLE, INL/HSTC
- MGORELICK
STATE PASS USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM, KWMN, KCRM SMIG, KFRD, ELAB, MZ
SUBJ: MOZAMBIQUE: USG-FUNDED ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION
INITIATIVE GRABS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
REF: 05 State 206165
UNCLAS MAPUTO 000564
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S - HTREGER, G/TIP - RYOUSEY, AF/RSA - MHARPOLE, INL/HSTC
- MGORELICK
STATE PASS USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM, KWMN, KCRM SMIG, KFRD, ELAB, MZ
SUBJ: MOZAMBIQUE: USG-FUNDED ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION
INITIATIVE GRABS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
REF: 05 State 206165
1. (U) On May 13, the country's largest daily splashed the
front-page headline "More than 1000 People Trafficked
Annually" as part of its coverage of the May 11 trafficking-
in-persons (TIP) meeting convened in Maputo by members of
civil society. The TIP stakeholders, led by a network or
civil society organizations called Rede CAME (Network
Against the Abuse of Minors),met with a representative of
the USG-funded Women's Legal Rights Initiative (WLRI) to
discuss in detail the recently signed memorandum of
understanding committing the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to
draft a comprehensive anti-trafficking-in-persons law by the
end of August 2006. During the half-day meeting, civil
society members insisted that the future law include broad
victims' assistance and protection provisions, including a
privacy act, voluntary - not forced - repatriation,
unlimited medical aid and psychological counseling, and
financial assistance.
2. (U) Carlos Manjate, chairman of Rede CAME, will press
these points again on Tuesday, May 16, when he and other TIP
stakeholders meet with Minister of Justice Esperanca
Machavela, who plans to introduce them to USG-paid legal
consultants on the drafting team. After this initial
meeting, the MOJ has said its TIP legislation committee will
continue to convene meetings with key members of civil
society twice a month to ensure the draft law includes the
voice of the Mozambican people. As part of the same
initiative, the USG will also fund Mozambican civil society
and MOJ meetings with the South African Legal Reform
committee to discuss South Africa's approach to drafting an
anti-TIP law. Plans are also being developed to knit
together a tighter regional network of Southern African
civil society organizations fighting the growing TIP
problem, which is compounded by the region's rising
prevalence of AIDS, AIDS orphans and child labor (according
to the latest ILO report).
3. (SBU) COMMENT: The published timeline for the drafting
of the anti-TIP law is admittedly quite ambitious, but key
players such as Carlos Manjate and Angela Abdula (local head
of the WLRI) remain optimistic that a draft law can be ready
by the end of August. If that draft law can be properly
vetted to the public - as required by Mozambican law - in
the intervening months between completion of the draft and
the reconvening of the spring session of Parliament in
October, there is a slim possibility that the anti-TIP
legislation may appear on Parliament's agenda before the
conclusion of 2006. A combination of increasing news
coverage with bold headlines, the personal involvement of
political heavyweights such as Graca Machel (widow of former
President Samora Machel and current wife of Nelson Mandela),
the continued assertive intervention of civil society, and
quiet, behind-the-scenes pressure from the diplomatic and
donor community should continue driving progress on the
issue.
La Lime
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S - HTREGER, G/TIP - RYOUSEY, AF/RSA - MHARPOLE, INL/HSTC
- MGORELICK
STATE PASS USAID
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM, KWMN, KCRM SMIG, KFRD, ELAB, MZ
SUBJ: MOZAMBIQUE: USG-FUNDED ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION
INITIATIVE GRABS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
REF: 05 State 206165
1. (U) On May 13, the country's largest daily splashed the
front-page headline "More than 1000 People Trafficked
Annually" as part of its coverage of the May 11 trafficking-
in-persons (TIP) meeting convened in Maputo by members of
civil society. The TIP stakeholders, led by a network or
civil society organizations called Rede CAME (Network
Against the Abuse of Minors),met with a representative of
the USG-funded Women's Legal Rights Initiative (WLRI) to
discuss in detail the recently signed memorandum of
understanding committing the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to
draft a comprehensive anti-trafficking-in-persons law by the
end of August 2006. During the half-day meeting, civil
society members insisted that the future law include broad
victims' assistance and protection provisions, including a
privacy act, voluntary - not forced - repatriation,
unlimited medical aid and psychological counseling, and
financial assistance.
2. (U) Carlos Manjate, chairman of Rede CAME, will press
these points again on Tuesday, May 16, when he and other TIP
stakeholders meet with Minister of Justice Esperanca
Machavela, who plans to introduce them to USG-paid legal
consultants on the drafting team. After this initial
meeting, the MOJ has said its TIP legislation committee will
continue to convene meetings with key members of civil
society twice a month to ensure the draft law includes the
voice of the Mozambican people. As part of the same
initiative, the USG will also fund Mozambican civil society
and MOJ meetings with the South African Legal Reform
committee to discuss South Africa's approach to drafting an
anti-TIP law. Plans are also being developed to knit
together a tighter regional network of Southern African
civil society organizations fighting the growing TIP
problem, which is compounded by the region's rising
prevalence of AIDS, AIDS orphans and child labor (according
to the latest ILO report).
3. (SBU) COMMENT: The published timeline for the drafting
of the anti-TIP law is admittedly quite ambitious, but key
players such as Carlos Manjate and Angela Abdula (local head
of the WLRI) remain optimistic that a draft law can be ready
by the end of August. If that draft law can be properly
vetted to the public - as required by Mozambican law - in
the intervening months between completion of the draft and
the reconvening of the spring session of Parliament in
October, there is a slim possibility that the anti-TIP
legislation may appear on Parliament's agenda before the
conclusion of 2006. A combination of increasing news
coverage with bold headlines, the personal involvement of
political heavyweights such as Graca Machel (widow of former
President Samora Machel and current wife of Nelson Mandela),
the continued assertive intervention of civil society, and
quiet, behind-the-scenes pressure from the diplomatic and
donor community should continue driving progress on the
issue.
La Lime