Access to Justice Archives - Page 6 of 10 - HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICTS RESOLUTION CENTRE ABAKALIKI

July 10, 2023July 26, 2023

No Police officer has the right to force you to write statement when you are arrested and detained in the Police Station.

No Police officer has the right to force you to write a statement when you are arrested and detained at the Police Station.

It should be noted that writing or giving statements in police custody should be a matter of free will and not compulsion.

You also have a right to remain silent and ask that your lawyer is around before you say or write anything and if you don’t have a lawyer, you can choose the person of your choice to be around before you say Anything.

According to the Nigeria Police Act, 2020 and the Administration Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, suspects have the right to decide whether they want to write statements.

Section 60 of the Nigeria Police Act and section 17 of the ACJA state that writing statements by a suspect should be voluntary. The Police Act states, “where a suspect is arrested on allegation of having committed an offense, his statement shall be taken, “If he so wishes to make a statement”.

February 3, 2023February 13, 2023

HRCRC Anchors Ebonyi Guber Townhall Meeting

HRCRC Anchors Ebonyi Guber Townhall Meeting- As part of our Peacebuilding efforts and Good governance mandate, HRCRC’s George anchored a town hall meeting with gubernatorial candidates of Ebonyi State in the forthcoming general elections. Organized by @nhrcnigeria – National Human Rights Commission Ebonyi State, with support from international partners and in collaboration with Ebonyi State Civil Society Network / Situation Room, the event also saw the endorsement of the Vote not Fight National campaign and the signing up to Peaceful conduct of the electioneering process by all candidates present.

October 20, 2022November 10, 2022

HRCRC Mediates On Family Dispute In Agalegu Achara

In furtherance to the retail cases being handled at Human Rights and Conflicts Resolution Centre (HRCRC).

HRCRC visited Agalegu Achara in Izzi Local Government Area, Ebonyi State to intervene in a family dispute that was becoming violent and causing problems to the community at large which has lingered for some time.

Both parties were present with their family members, mediation was carried out whilst educating/sensitizing the family on the Human Rights of the parties and the need to continually sit together and communicate deeper as a family to tackle and resolve issues peacefully.

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.

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