In its journey to restore human dignity as well as hold perpetrators of human rights violations accountable, the National Human Rights Commission has said the Independent Investigative Panel on alleged human rights violation by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (IIP-SARS) will on Tuesday 1st of March 2022 continue its sitting.

CALL FOR PAPERS FEBRUARY 2022

THE HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNAL is a publication of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Journal is usually published annually. The present plan is to make it a bi-annual publication which will also be published on the Commission’s website and shared with several online platforms. To this end, the Commission is inviting scholarly articles in all spheres of human rights.

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the Day of zero Tolerance for the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recalls the outcome of various researches which has revealed numerous protection and supervisory gaps in national and international frameworks, as it affects the survivors of FGM.

Determined to strengthen police reform in the country, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is to visit police stations across the country to monitor their compliance with human rights standards.