By Wongani Mkandawire

Nkhotakota, March 25, Mana; The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), with financial support from European Union (EU), on Tuesday trained Nkhotakota district council duty bearers on human rights-based approach.

In an interview, the Malawi Human Rights Deputy Director for Gender for Women's Rights, Deborah Tambulasi Banda, underscored the role duty bearers can play in ensuring human rights issues are mainstreamed, as they execute public service delivery.

"It is about adhering to the principles of human rights and the issues of equality, non-discrimination, doing no harm, accountability and transparency as they are doing their work," said Banda.

Nkhotakota district council’s acting Director of Human Resource and Administration, Daud Lwanda, expressed gratitude to the Commission’s initiative to impart knowledge and further urged all duty bearers to put in practice the knowledge they have acquired.

MHRC is an independent national institution that protects and promotes human rights in the country.