Summary

Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga says there is a growing need to have Parliaments across the world share in the responsibility of protecting the rule of law and human rights, alongside institutions the courts of law and human rights organizations. According to Kadaga, the exclusion of Parliaments' say on the universal human rights reporting system has come at a great cost to the oversight role, which she says ought to be urgently addressed and thus check on human rights violations worldwide. She made the comments while addressing the 141st Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly being held in Belgrade, Serbia on the theme, 'Strengthening international law: Parliamentary roles and mechanisms, and the contribution of regional corporation'.