Human Rights commission to report abuses in Nigeria to International bodies

The Nigeria Human Rights Commission, alongside other stakeholders, have resolved to report cases of human rights abuses in the country to International monitoring bodies.

This was part of decisions taken on Tuesday at the 2019 Human Rights Summit organised by the Abuja branch of the NBA. The summit was tagged, ‘The state of human rights in Nigeria’.

The decision is contained in a communiqué jointly issued in Abuja by the NHRC and the stakeholders at the end of a three-day national human rights summit.

According to the stakeholders, Nigeria as a party to international human rights instruments, was under obligation to report the human rights situation in its domain to international monitoring bodies.

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“The National Human Rights Commission Act 1995 as amended, expands the functions and powers of the Commission to deal with all matters relating to the promotion and protection of human rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and other regional and international instruments on human rights to which Nigeria is a party.

“As a party to these instruments, the country is under obligation to report periodically to various monitoring bodies on the administrative, legal, judicial and other measures taken to implement the realisation of the human rights guaranteed by the instruments.

“Many stakeholders are also ignorant of the positive impact these reporting obligations would have on the enjoyment and realisation of human rights in Nigeria.”

The summit attracted officials of the NHRC led by its Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, representatives of the federal and state ministries, departments and agencies, the United Nations agencies in Nigeria, the judiciary, the legislature and the diplomatic community.

Also present were representatives of the academia, the media, faith-based organisations, traditional gatekeepers, the civil society as well as other relevant stakeholders.

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