Despite the partial lockdown, HRCRC was besieged within the last month with a medley of matters that mostly resolved around domestic violence and gender abuse, child abuse and even trafficking amidst others. Women and Children are worst hit as they suffer the brunt of the frustration in society due to the pandemic and the plethora […]
THE UNJUST JUSTICE SYSTEM – by Gana Samuel Stephen
In Nigeria, wrongful convictions often pass through our judicial system undetected for some time, and at an alarming rate that the walls of our prisons are beyond what will be considered as overcrowded. Why this doesn’t plague the minds of individuals within the system is a mystery almost at par with the trinity. Remarkably, society […]
ARE WE READY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS? – by Precious R. Nwadike ESQ
Years ago, people came together and agreed on the essentials of a civilized nation and what it would take for us not to constantly descend to barbarism. The United Nations Declaration on Human Rights 1948, the African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples Right 1981, which has been ratified by member states and codified in […]
The Term “Next Of Kin” Simpliciter, Does Not Confer The Right Of Inheritnce On The Person So Named: Of What Use is the term?
INTRODUCTION: The meaning and the legal implication of the term “next of kin” have been constantly misunderstood by the ordinary public. It appears, though erroneously, that many people think that once you are appointed the next of kin of a person, it automatically gives you the right to inherit the person’s estate upon his demise. […]
HRCRC Marks 2019 International Human Rights Day
With the teeming youth population of Nigeria today, the international theme of this year’s Human Rights Day – Youths Stand Up for Human Rights – couldn’t be more apt and explicit. In culmination of the week-long activities to mark the day, HRCRC in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission Abakaliki and other CSOs embarked on […]