News & Events - National Human Rights Commission

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS EFFECTIVE BRIDGE BETWEEN RIGHTS HOLDERS & DUTY BEARERS ---- LAWMAKER

The Chairman House Committee on Human Rights Hon. John Dyegh has restated the importance of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in nation building saying that they act as an effective bridge between the rights holders and duty bearers considering their constitutional and legislative mandate to promote and protect human rights within their respective jurisdictions.

NHRC MOURNS HAUWA SHEKARAU

The Management and Staff of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have expressed shock over the sudden and unfortunate demise of the Chairperson of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abuja branch, Dr. Hauwa Evelyn Shekarau.

UN, PARTNERS DIALOGUE: OJUKWU CHARGES MDAs, CSOs ON NAP COMPLIANT INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES

The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu Esq. has charged Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to programme their intervention activities towards addressing a clearly identifiable challenge on human rights as indicated in the National Action Plan (NAP) for the promotion and protection of human rights in Nigeria.

NHRC, STAKEHOLDERS INAUGURATE PILOT PROJECT OF MISSING PERSONS REGISTER IN BORNO STATE, AS WOMEN AFFAIRS MINISTER LAUDS PRESIDENT BUHARI'S CONCERN FOR VICTIMS

The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen has expressed the the commitment of the federal government towards protecting the rights of the disappeared and their families,

PROJECT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR PECULIARITIES

The insurgency and conflict in the North-Eastern States of Nigeria for over a decade has led to the loss of lives and properties and the displacement of millions of people. The Boko Haram insurgency has seen some of the worst Human Rights violations in Nigeria which have also spread across the Sahel region. A lot of these violations have been recognised but most individual cases remain undocumented as a result of poor access and lack of on the ground data collection specific to Human Rights.