The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to reposition the National Human Rights Commission by establishing the National Human Rights Fund in Nigeria’s annual budget. The Fund when established, would be used particularly for interventions on sexual and gender-based violence and other unforeseen human rights violations in the country. The Bill tagged: “The National Human Rights Commission Act (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2021 (SB.587)”, was read for the first time on 2nd December, 2020. It seek to repeal and enact the National Human Rights Commission Act 2010…
Senate approves Human Rights Fund to tackle sexual, Gender-based violence, others
