Press Release

At the 2009 United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Nigeria, the federal government supported among other several recommendations to institutionalize a National Consultative Forum to promote dialogue in the field of human rights. The Annual Human Rights Summit will therefore provide the platform for human rights stakeholders to meet annually to put into proper perspectives various issues concerning the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights in Nigeria.

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Nigeria joins the rest of Africa every 21st October to commemorate the African Human Rights Day.  This is a Day set aside by the regional body under the auspices of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights to reaffirm commitment to the principle of the dignity and equality of all human beings and to seek among other objectives the promotion, respect for Human and Peoples Rights and fundamental freedoms for all Africans without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. 
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