SECTOR 1 One of the few domesticated instruments is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Zambia is also in the process of domesticating the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development. The country’s AntiGender-Based Violence Act and the Gender Equity and Equality Act already referred back to the SADC Protocol; it was therefore decided to domesticate the regional instrument. Zambia is signatory to the 2005 Guidelines and Principles for Broadcasting Coverage of Elections in the SADC Region and the 2012 SADC Guidelines on Media Coverage of Elections. However, the coverage of the 2016 elections saw the refusal by the national broadcaster to air some paid for advertisements from some opposition parties, and panellists observed that the national broadcaster displayed partiality and bias in its coverage of the 2016 general elections. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 2.2 (2013:2.1; 2011:1.8; 2009:1.4; 2007:n/a; 2005:n/a) 1.5 Print publications are not required to obtain permission to publish from state authorities. Prior to publishing a print publication, one has to do a name search with the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) to verify that the name chosen for the publication is available for use. Afterwards, the name can be registered with PACRA. The Printed Publications Act makes provision for the registration of newspapers. Article 5 (1) of the Act states that: No person shall print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any newspaper until there has been registered at the office of the Director at Lusaka the full and correct title thereof and the full and correct names and places of abode of every person who is or is intended to be the proprietor, AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZAMBIA 2017 19