HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICTS RESOLUTION CENTRE ABAKALIKI
If you want Peace, Cultivate Justice
In recent months, Statistics of cases reported to HRCRC have indicated that one of the primary types of abuse perpetuated against women and children in the society today is Neglect and Deprivation. This trend calls for increased awareness, intervention and enlightenment targeted at families and the society.
Several legal instruments such as the Child Rights Act / Laws, Violence against Persons Prohibition laws have confirmed that women and children can be abused by neglect and deprivation.
The Center for women studies and intervention payed an advocacy visit to HRCRC especially to intimate HRCRC on her planned intervention and and project in Ebonyi State. CWSI solicited our collaboration, support and commitment in planned intervention in the state.
HRCRC is happy to welcome CWSI to Ebonyi and pledges her resources and support in any intervention that is aimed at liberating women from the cultural and societal constructs and practices that enable SGBV and violence against women.
As a way of evaluation, and surging forward, HRCRC just concluded her Mid-year One day Business Retreat for staff. Facilitating was Chris Okorie, Member HRCRC Board of Trustees and State Coordinator – National Human Rights Commission, Ebonyi State.
In the very productive meet, we also acknowledged the birthdays of Moses, Mike, Eva, Chika and Chukwuemika; which had been marked before now.
The Right to life on which all other human rights hinge is usually firstly abused and disregarded in inter communal conflicts. Such is the case of Ngbo – Agila of Ebonyi and Benue states of Nigeria boundary dispute that has raged for decades along with the commensurate destruction in its wake.
In an effort to draw attention to the waton killings and destructions going on in the various inter and intra communal conflicts going on in the state, HRCRC facilitated an interview with journalists for a victim of the attacks who lost an elder and younger brother on same day gruesomely to a wave of the attacks.
Whilst we intensify efforts in collaboration with other bodies such as the National Human Rights Commission for both states to find a lasting peaceful accord for the crisis, we appeal for calm and peace; as war and fighting never resolves a crisis instead breeds vengefulness culminating in a viscous circle. communication and dialogue does.
We apologize for the violence in the images. T
hey are however the reality that confronts certain persons…. Some victims of the last wave of attacks some weeks ago.
Any voting system that would reduce Human Interface and Interference such as Electronic Voting is what Nigeria needs now.
This was the crux of a one-day engagement, review / evaluation by HRCRC for stakeholders of Ebony polity on the just concluded elections and recommendations for the way forward.
