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August 9, 2022November 9, 2022

OGP Revived in Ebonyi State; HRCRC Member Steering Committee

HRCRC As a Member of the Newly Constituted and Inaugurated Steering Committee

In continuation of efforts at reviving the Open Government Partnership OGP in Ebonyi State, USAID State2State sponsored a 4-day onboarding of the newly constituted and inaugurated 22-member Steering Committee. HRCRC as a member of the Steering Committee participated.

July 30, 2022November 9, 2022

Ebonyi NSCDC Threatens To Shoot And Rape Unarmed Protesters For Demanding Justice For A 12-year-old Rape Victim.

Watch the full video on HRCRC Facebook page

https://fb.watch/gHg22msryi/

And after joining other organizations in a roadwork around Abakaliki Metropolis to raise awareness against Human Trafficking, HRCRC joined the GBV Taskforce and collaborating organizations to stage a peaceful protest at the Ebonyi State Command Headquarters of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC to press home the following demands:

An alleged Defilement of a 12year old girl by one popular Lawyer in the state cannot and should not be swept under the carpet like it seems the NSCDC is doing.

For almost a month since the report and arrest of the alleged perpetrator, he is yet to be arraigned.

His whereabouts are unknown

There are indications that the NSCDC is either leading or participating in an attempt to settle the matter with exchange of monies without consideration for the survivor.

All attempts to get the attention of the NSCDC command to act in accordance with the law have failed.

having lost faith in the ability of the NSCDC to diligently and without bias prosecute the case in point, we peacefully demand that the matter be transferred to the Nigeria Police.

The protest was peaceful as the unarmed protesters conducted themselves in a lawful manner.

However, it was shocking to note an officer of the NSCDC cocked his gun and pointed the nozzle directly at the innocent protesters to scare them away..

The worst scenario occurred when one of the officers of NSCDC was alleged to have said that the female protesters will be raped just as the girl they were protesting for, was raped “

In all, the entire experience shows that there is a serious need for GBV prevention awareness training for officers of the Ebonyi State NSCDC office as some of the offices show grave ignorance of human rights and gender-sensitive awareness.

Also at the present, it would be of importance to request the Office of Ebonyi State NSCDC to transfer all cases of GBV to the police and concentrate on their core mandate which is the protection of public properties and infrastructure.

We thank the National Human Rights Commission for monitoring and noting the infringements.

#NSCDC

April 13, 2022October 19, 2022

IF A WOMAN BUYS A PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF HER HUSBAND, IT DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM.

Important to note in repressive cultures like ours here…

Where a woman buys a property in the name of her husband, it does not belong to him. Rather, the husband is holding the property in trust (as a guardian, to help her keep the property) for his wife. However, where a husband buys a property in the name of his wife, the property belongs to the wife, and it is seen as a gift from him to her.

This was what the Court said in JOLUGBO & ANOR v. AINA & ANOR (2016) LPELR – 40352 (CA) (Pp 27 – 29 Paras A – D) where Hon. Justice Amina Adamu Augue JCA (as she then was) said that: “The law also makes a distinction between the husband and the wife – when a wife buys a property, and conveys it in the name of her husband, there is no presumption of advancement in favour of her husband; he holds in trust for his wife.

However, if the husband purchases a property in his wife’s name, this is prima facie a gift to her – see Silver v. Silver (1958) 1 All E. R.523.” Thus, if a man does not desire to gift his wife a property, it should be bought in his name or in the joint names of himself and his wife. Please share widely among family, friends, colleagues and associates.

Thank you.

February 17, 2022November 9, 2022

Peace Dialogue and Conflict Early Warning Signs and Response

And so, the forum for Peace Dialogue and Conflict Early Warning Signs and Response for participants drawn from HRCRC branch members from select conflict prone communities and other security and social stakeholders held…

This is the first of a series of activities aimed at helping communities become aware of conflict Early Warning signs and ultimately take ownership of peace in their communities.

August 16, 2021November 9, 2022

Annual Child Safeguarding Capacity Building on Trauma Consciousness and Resilience

Annual Child Safeguarding Capacity Building: As part of our annual Child Safeguarding policy, in furtherance of our work on Child Rights, and in building capacity to confront the reality of abuses that we deal with daily, HRCRC’s George Etamesor and Chioma Ikegbunam ESQ joined other child safeguarding officers in #SPS parishes, schools and projects in the district of West Africa to participate in a 5day training on Trauma Consciousness and Resilience, Counselling and Healing.

We are grateful to St. Patrick’s Missionary Society #SPMS and her benefactors for funding and facilitating this training and workshop.