As Ngozi descended the stairs into the mall hall at the first floor, she just knew she hadn’t been treated right. Tears welled up in her eyes and her knees were still trembling. How come she was not given a chance to defend herself? Each time she attempted to speak before her supervisor and the […]
Rights of the Suspect and Accused
Recently, a young man came to our office alongside his old father. They came to lodge a complaint. About a month earlier, they said, they got a call from an unidentified female informing them that their son was picked up by the DSS from one of the streets in Abakaliki. They quickly got to town […]
Access to Justice Is One of Our Core Drives
By Barr. Jude Ogbunkwu The collection of activities that is termed as Access to Justice programme at Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Centre (HRCRC) in Abakaliki constitute the foremost works that the organization do right from its inception. They include prison/police cell welfare, facilitation of Gaol delivery, pro bono legal services, and general legal services […]
Fr. Kevin O’Hara (SPS) is honoured
HRCRC congratulates Fr. Kevin O’Hara (SPS) for his most recent Humanitarian Award given in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution to the promotion of human rights in Nigeria’. The award was bestowed on him by CAPIO (Carmelite Prisoners’ Interest Organisation), a rights-based organisation in Enugu State in October 2017. Fr. Kevin is well known for his […]
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