Nigeria’s human rights recordreports improving – NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission said it has recorded improvement in the capacity of Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to report human rights issues under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights relating to women in Africa.
Acting Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq.
made this observation in his welcome remarks at a capacity building workshop in Abuja on state reporting on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol).
The workshop was organised by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Ojukwu, who was represented at the occasion by Mrs. Yemisi Akhile from the Protection and Investigation department of NHRC, noted that “in the past, consultants were engaged in human rights reporting but today, MDAs participate in the compilation of these reports”.
In his opening statement, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice , Abubakar Malami (SAN) said Nigeria has made significant improvement in the area of promotion and protection of human rights, saying that NHRC is now autonomous and duty bound to deliver on its statutory mandate without hindrance from any quota.
He added that the Public Complaints Commission and the National Industrial Court are also in existence to address certain human rights concerns in the country.
The AGF, who was represented at the event by the Director, International and Comparative Law, Mrs. Stella Anukam, stated that the obligation of the state party to report was in line with Article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, relating to rights of women in Africa wherein each state party undertakes to submit every two years a report on the legislative or other measures taken with a view to giving effect to the rights and freedoms sand guaranteed by the charter.

 

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