Hello! It is KNOW YOUR RIGHTS project. From HRCRC, Abakaliki, we are glad to share this maiden edition with you. Our task today is simple: we want to introduce you to the project. Think of this story. Ajole is a princess, a daughter of a late wealthy king. Ajole however, did not know who she […]
MY RIGHTS AS A PERSON
Welcome to our second post on Know Your Rights media project. Our interest today is to understand what constitutes rights for an individual, and how this relates to other peoples rights. As usual, we shall begin with a story. Evelyn and Sandra were very good friends. It happened that both friends became pregnant with Sandra […]
Essential Attributes of HRs: (3) INDIVISIBILITY & INTERDEPENDENCY
Kabiru works as a security officer in the house of Dr Alabi. Although, he was hired as a ‘gateman’, there is hardly any other chores Kabiru does not do in Dr Alabi’s compound. He washes the cars (Alabi has two, Lexus Jeep and a Toyota 4Runer), does gardening and man the security post. Since he […]
DOES OUR CONSTITUTION PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS?
Oluchi was on his way to a lecture that morning. About three boys accosted him and ordered that he stopped. He turned towards them and greeted. “O boy e, see this boy oh! Na so them dey greet senior men?”, one of the boys demanded. Oluchi looked confused, wondering what the fuss was about. Before […]
RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING
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 […]