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4. Appointment procedure\n<\/p>\n
(1) There shall be public advertisement of the posts of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Commissioners or Assistant Commissioners.\n<\/p>\n
(2) The advertisement shall be published in Mainland Tanzania and Tanzania Zanzibar for three consecutive days in three leading English and Kiswahili newspapers that have wide circulation and shall be >immediately followed by three successive advertisements on national >and private television stations.>\n<\/p>\n
(3) The advertisement shall stipulate the requisite nationality, qualifications and experience necessary for the posts and shall include a requirement that the applicants have:\n<\/p>\n
(a) Knowledge, experience and a considerable degree of involvement in matters relating to law, government, politics, or social affairs;\n<\/p>\n
(b) the highest reputation known for their high morality, integrity, impartiality, and competence in matters of human rights and good governance;\n<\/p>\n
(c) strong commitment to human rights norms and values;\n<\/p>\n
(d) excellent writing and communication skills in both English and Kiswahili;\n<\/p>\n
(e) ability to balance rights and to make fair and sound decisions >expeditiously, and to articulate them in writing or orally;>\n<\/p>\n
(f) capacity to handle emotionally difficult and challenging situations with tact and diplomacy;\n<\/p>\n
(g) capacity to handle delicate social and political situations and complaints with confidentiality, where necessary;\n<\/p>\n
(h) strong conflict resolution skills; and\n<\/p>\n
(i) ability to work effectively as a team member, as well as alone.\n<\/p>\n
(4) In the case of the Chairman, the applicant shall, in addition to the >requirements of subregulation (3), be a person who qualifies for ap>pointment as a judge of the High Court or Court of Appeal.>\n<\/p>\n
5. Applications\n<\/p>\n
(1) All applications, including three letters of recommendation, shall be forwarded by registered post, fax or e-mail or submitted in person to the Office of the Secretary, Appointments Committee.\n<\/p>\n
(2) Subject to subregulation (1), the civil society may also nominate any person to be considered for appointment for the post of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, provided the person so nominated gives his or her consent.\n<\/p>\n
(3) The deadline for submission of applications shall be twenty-one >days from the date of first publication of the advertisement.>\n<\/p>\n
6. Short-listing of candidates\n<\/p>\n
(1) There shall be a screening process of applications submitted for the purpose of drawing up a short list of candidates.\n<\/p>\n
(2) The screening process shall be conducted by:>\n<\/p>\n
(a) Two independent professional human resource personnel from the private sector with experience in executive job search and recruitment processes, who shall be appointed by the Appointments Committee;\n<\/p>\n
(b) two members of the Secretariat on the Commission for Human >Rights and Good Governance;>\n<\/p>\n
(c) a representative from the Tanzania Women Lawyers Association;\n<\/p>\n
(d) a representative from the Faculty of Law, University of Dar es >Salaam;>\n<\/p>\n
(e) a representative from the Tanganyika Law Society;\n<\/p>\n
(f)> >a representative from the Legal and Human Rights Centre, Zanzibar;>\n<\/p>\n
(g)> >a representative from the United Nations Association of Tanzania;>\n<\/p>\n
(h) a representative from the Legal and Human Rights Centre, Dar es Salaam.\n<\/p>\n
(3) The screening team shall meet two days after the deadline for submission of applications and it shall submit the short-list of candidates to the Appointments Committee within five working days from the date it sits to consider the applications.\n<\/p>\n
(4) The Appointments Committee shall inform by writing the short-listed applicants only and shall publish their names in the newspapers and television stations which carried the advertisement referred to in subregulation 2 of regulation 4.\n<\/p>\n
7. Publication of short->listed candidates>\n<\/p>\n
(1) The publication listing the names of the short-listed applicants shall include an invitation to members of the public to submit to the Secretary of the Appointments Committee, within a specified time, comments they consider relevant to the suitability of any of the short-listed candidates.\n<\/p>\n
(2) The Appointments Committee may consider comments received from members of the public and take whatever action it considers appropriate.\n<\/p>\n
8. Interviews\n<\/p>\n
(1) The short-listed candidates shall be invited for interviews, which shall be conducted by the Appointments Committee.\n<\/p>\n
(2) The Appointments Committee may co-opt any person it considers appropriate to assist it in conducting the interviews.\n<\/p>\n
(3) The interviews shall seek to elicit appropriate details on, and clarification of, key contents in the candidates’ curriculum vitae<\/i>, comments received from members of the public, and to reconcile written and oral information the candidates have supplied.\n<\/p>\n
(4) The object of the interviews shall be to determine the suitability of the candidates for the job as measured by:\n<\/p>\n
(a) Appreciation of, and commitment to human rights norms and values, and good governance;\n<\/p>\n
(b) educational and professional background;\n<\/p>\n
(c) scope and depth of relevant experience;\n<\/p>\n
(d) vision for the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance, maturity and judgment;\n<\/p>\n
(e) fairness, impartiality and ability to maintain confidentiality;\n<\/p>\n
(f) demonstrated capacity for, or skills in, conflict resolution; and\n<\/p>\n
(g)> >reasoning skills and powers of articulation.>\n<\/p>\n
9. Final selection process\n<\/p>\n
The Appointments Committee shall submit to the President the names of:\n<\/p>\n
(a) Not less than three candidates they recommend to be appointed as Chairman;\n<\/p>\n
(b) not less than three candidates they recommend to be appointed as Vice-Chairman;\n<\/p>\n
(c) at least five more than the number of candidates to be appointed as Commissioners;\n<\/p>\n
(d) at least five more than the number of candidates to be appointed as Assistant Commissioners.\n<\/p>\n
10. Remuneration for Appointments Committee members\n<\/p>\n
The Minister responsible for human rights may make provisions for the remuneration of the members of the Appointments Committee and any other person involved in the appointment process.
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