GENEVA: Despite significant progress on gay rights around the world, dozens of countries still criminalise consensual same-sex activity, including six…
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Deportation and family rights – UK Human Rights Blog
10 December 2020 by Alex Ewing The European Court of Human Rights has found that the deportation of a Nigerian…
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World Human Rights Day: NBA, lawyers lament Nigeria’s record under Buhari
By Henry Ojelu & Onozure Dania As nations across the world mark this year’s Human Rights Day, lawyers have lamented…
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Turning Blind Eye to Human Rights Violations, Corruption Hurts Africans Today and Tomorrow and the Oil and Gas Industry (By NJ Ayuk)
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chair, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) Nigeria has been attracting the world’s attention in recent months for…
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Infringing the fundamental rights of a suspect: Addressing remand proceeding in Nigeria
BY FAROUK OBISANYA In dressing up the Nigeria legal system, the English law forms a substantial part of the legal…
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Human Rights Law – Right to Health
Nearly all States have faced significant challenges as they seek to protect their populations from COVID-19 and prevent its transmission…
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#EndSARS: Governors are well within their rights to set up panels of enquiry – NBA
The President of the Nigerian Bar association, Olumide Akpata has said that Nigerian Governors are well within their rights or…
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Huriwa Petitions General Buratai Over Rights Violations By Soldiers In Aba, Abia State And Parts Of Rivers State:
The Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy group-: HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has petitioned the office of Chief of…
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Breaking News | Breaking News Human Rights Lawyer Sues Adamu Garba Over Jack Dorsey’s Lawsuit
Views: Visits 14 Tope Akinyode, a human rights lawyer in Nigeria has sued Former Presidential aspirant under…
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How AGF, CBN shield police, military from paying damages to victims of rights abuses – Punch Newspapers
Oladimeji Ramon The popular Nigerian saying “It is easier to drag a horse to the river than to make it…
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Are protesters’ rights unlimited? – Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics
Many Nigerians approve of the #EndSARS protests across the country. But the persistent traffic chaos is disrupting life and living.…
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#EndSARS: NBA declares its support for citizens’ rights during protests for Police reforms
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has said that the right to protest is a fundamental right…
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Rights of robots in emerging technology environment
The increasing use of technology in modern law practice has introduced a paradigm shift in defining the rights of employers…
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Rights to inheritance – Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics
Editorial The constitution is often referred to as the grundnom and the supreme law of the land. The first Nigerian…
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Digital rights in Africa is still far from the internet freedom we desire
Some sub-Saharan African contributors during the Global Voices 2017 Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Image by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia, December…
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Nigeria at 60: Lawyers, rights activists task judiciary on justice delivery
By Moronke Boboye/Olaitan Idris Lagos, Oct. 1, 2020 Lawyers and rights activists have continued to call for improved justice administration…
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Nigeria: Why the Child’s Rights Act Still Doesn’t Apply Throughout Nigeria
Nigeria adopted the Child’s Rights Act in 2003, giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights…
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Why the Child’s Rights Act still doesn’t apply throughout Nigeria
Nigeria adopted the Child’s Rights Act in 2003, giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights…
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CAMA 2020 violates rights- The Nation Nigeria News
By Joseph Jibueze, Deputy News Editor Activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and a former National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof. Chidi…
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Don’t Castrate Rape Offenders, Human Rights Commission Tells El-Rufai – Channels Television
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern over the recent amendment of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law…
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