Tag: Chief Tony Ojukwu (SAN)

NHRC Boss inaugurates investigative panel to probe alleged rights violations by military

Emporium Reporters

The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN has inaugurated the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations in the Counter Insurgency Operators in the North East (SIIP-NORTH) to unearth the truth in the allegations of rights violations against the Nigeria military. It would be recalled that a foreign media organisation, Reuters had reported that Nigerian military was involved in abortion of many pregnancies in the North East in the last 10 years, added that the military was also involved in infanticide as well as…

Respect for Human Rights,Key to Good Governance In Africa – NHRC Boss

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged governments of Member nations of African Union (AU) to obey recommendations and decisions of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI’) saying that failure will affect the effective protection of human rights which is key to good governance in the continent and elsewhere.   The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu (SAN) who stated this at the 2022 African Bar Association conference in Lilongwe, Malawi noted that the major challenge of the recommendations of and decisions of the public inquiry mechanism of…