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STATEMENT AT THE 67TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

Issued by the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI)

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTERESTS - HOST INSTITUTIONS AND EXPERTS ON POLICE REFORMS

The National Human Rights Commission is pleased to announce a Call for Expression of Interests for the following:

Membership of the Technical Sub-Committees (TSCs) on Police Reforms
Host Institutions for TSCs
Experts to deliver on specific outputs under the mandate of the TSCs

IIP ON SARS: 8 COMPLAINANTS OF ALLEGED RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY SARS RECOUNT HOW THE OPERATIVES UNLAWFULLY TORTURED AND DETAINED THEM FOR 2 WEEKS

-----seek N50m compensation----

Eight complainants from Southern Kaduna Friday told the Independent Investigative Panel (IIP) on SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force, sitting in Abuja how Inspector Cornelius Agbo, a SARS operative mobilised his colleagues under the FCT Police Command to arrest, torture and detain them unlawfully for two weeks based on ethnic sentiments.

INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE PANEL ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY DEFUNCT SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD (SARS) AND OTHER UNITS OF THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE 2020

CALL FOR PETITIONS / NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Introduction

The National Human Rights Commission (the Commission) was established by the National Human Rights Commission (Establishment) Act 1995, with amendment in 2010 to promote and protect the human rights of Nigerian citizens in line with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 and other national laws, regional and international human rights instruments to which Nigeria is a state party.

OJUKWU URGES AFRICAN LEADERS TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS THE CONTINENT CELEBRATES 2020 AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

As Nigeria joins the rest of the African Community to mark the 2020 African Human Rights Day, the Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu Esq. calls on African Leaders to do all that is within their powers under the law to ensure the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of their citizens and everyone living within the continent.