Tag: Human rights
UN rights chief decries U.S. treatment of migrants, as deaths in...
New York, Jan. 23, 2026 (NAN) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has raised alarm over what he described as the...
NHRC seeks collective commitment to implementation of action plan on human...
Abuja, Sept. 16, 2025 (NAN) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for stakeholders’ commitment in the implementation of the National Action Plan...
Amnesty International trains 150 Nigerian human rights volunteers
Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, has trained 150 human rights volunteers in Nigeria to build their capacity to mobilise for human rights advocacy...
Tinubu congratulates Justice Anukam on re-election to African Court on Human...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Justice Stella Anukam on her re-election as a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights for...
ECOWAS Court partners Red Cross to strengthen human rights law
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have pledged to deepen International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International...
ECOWAS Court Fines Nigeria N10m Each For Human Rights Abuses During...
Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice has ruled against the Federal Government of Nigeria in relation to...
Vatican officially recognizes Palestine, while Israel fumes
The Vatican has become the latest country to recognize the state of Palestine, after a new treaty was finalized on Wednesday. Unsurprisingly Israel has...
