Tag: Discrimination

Stop HIV/AIDS discrimination – NHRC warns

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The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq has kicked against stigmatization and discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS as the Commission joined the global community in commemorating the day to address the HIV related stigma and discrimination pursuant to its mandate. Ojukwu stated this during the Critical Mass HIV/AIDS sensitization training to familiarize staff with the basics of HIV/AIDS so that they step down to colleagues and to also reinforce the linkages between HIV and human rights and strengthen partnership with the Network of People Living with…

Discrimination prevents key populations from accessing life saving needs – NHRC

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The National Human Rights Commission has observed with great concern the manner in which discrimination of key populations has adversely affected their lives. This observation was made at a two-day Strategic Capacity Building and Planning Workshop on the Protection of the Rights of Key Populations in Nigeria. At the workshop which was put together by the Commission in collaboration with EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, UNDP and UNAIDS, the Senior Human Rights Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Mr. Hillary Ogbonna lamented that the key populations have found themselves in…