By Chisomo Kambandanga

Nkhata Bay, March 25, Mana: Director for Child Rights at the Malawi Human Rights Commission(MHRC), Jeremiah Mpaso, has urged Nkhata Bay District Council to be applying Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) skills into their routine activities for improved service delivery.

Mpaso was speaking Tuesday in Nkhata Bay during a capacity-building workshop on HRBA with the goal of enhancing the council’s capacity in mainstreaming HRBA in planning and implementation of public programmes.

According to Mpaso, district councils are expected to ensure that service delivery is aligned to human rights.

"We want to empower councils as duty-bearers responsible for service provision to understand the HRBA to ensure that human rights are promoted and protected without any challenges.

Every programme has corresponding human rights principles that must be adhered to," said Mpaso.

In his remarks, Director of Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources for Nkhata Bay District Council, Raphael Mkisi, said that the training was an eye opener to the council in a number of areas and pledged to put into use knowledge gained for development acceleration in the district.