Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s administration for the rise in human rights abuses in the country. Atiku stated this in a release signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, lamenting that citizens were being arrested in […]
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The world is sliding back on human rights and its principles are under attack in all corners of the globe, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Al Hussein warned. Zeid raised the alarm in a hard-hitting speech marking the 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights that underscored the “universal, indivisible, interdependent […]
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Allegations of sexual misconduct against personnel serving with the UN dropped in 2017, a UN report says. According to the UN report on implementing a zero-tolerance policy for this crime, data from 2017 indicates a “downward trend” in the number of allegations reported, down from 165 in 2016 to 138. Jane Lute, special coordinator on […]
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The UN General Assembly on Monday in New York has elected, by secret ballot, Nigeria and 14 other States to serve on the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2018 to 2020 term. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that UNHRC is the highest intergovernmental body in the UN system for matters relating to […]
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Al Hussein, has reiterated his call for the abolition of death penalty saying its subjecting convicts to mental anguish constitutes human rights violations. Zeid made the call on Wednesday at the opening of the biennial high-level panel discussion on the death penalty, which was organized as part […]
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights admitted that the world has failed in its responsibility to protect children from ongoing violations of child rights in the face of the worsening global crisis. Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said this at the opening of the 74th session of the Committee on […]
Continue ReadingA Lagos-based lawyer has condemned parading of arrested suspects by the police, saying it is unconstitutional and damaging to the person involved. According to the lawyer, those often paraded were innocent and in the event of their being pronounced innocent by the courts of competent jurisdiction, the police never re-parade them. Mr Olawale Apanisile, told […]
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