October 9, 2021: Lagos, Nigeria 19TH WORLD DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY: LEDAP AND HURILAWS CALL FOR A REVIEW OF THE USE OF DEATH PENALTY AGAINST NIGERIAN WOMEN As the world marks the 19th Anniversary Against Death Penalty; the Legal Defence and Assistance...
[vc_row row_content_display="in_grid" row_content_display_align="left" row_type="row" stretch_row_type="yes"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Photos from the presentation of HURILAWS Manual titled: "The Place of the Police in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria" to the Commissioner of Police, Edo State. July 27, 2021. [/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid element_width="3" item="mediaGrid_SimpleOverlay"...
[vc_row row_content_display="in_grid" row_content_display_align="left" row_type="row" stretch_row_type="yes"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] HURILAWS in conjunction with NOPRIN Foundation held a Media Parley on "Police Trust Fund - advocating the establishment of Trust Fund for Nigeria Correctional Service". July 22, 2021. The Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS)...
[vc_row row_content_display="in_grid" row_content_display_align="left" row_type="row" stretch_row_type="yes"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] HURILAWS in conjunction with Onevoice Coalition held a Media Parley and formal presentation of report titled "Judicial Application of the 2019 Election Petition Laws in Nigeria" today 27th February 2020. The presentation centered on...
[vc_row row_content_display="in_grid" row_content_display_align="left" row_type="row" stretch_row_type="yes"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Our Legal Officer; Kikelomo Lamidi was at the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) Annual General Meeting held from the 27th - 29th of January 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Solidarity for African Women’s...
For more than 15 years federal and state governments in Nigeria contrary to international law have continued to extend crimes to which the death penalty applies. The moment a crime assumes notoriety or begins to overwhelm law enforcement agents, governments’...
ANTI-TORTURE ACT 2017 - ISSUES AND IMPLICATION FOR POLICE OFFICERS[1]. INTRODUCTION The Anti-Torture Act 2017 was passed by the 8th National Assembly and signed into law by President Mohammadu Buhari on 29th December 2017. Prior to the coming into effect...
[vc_row row_content_display="in_grid" row_content_display_align="left" row_type="row" stretch_row_type="yes"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Our Senior Legal Officer; Collins Okeke was at a training on Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Sub- Saharan Africa held from the 16th- 18th of July 2019 in Douala, Cameron....
A lot has been said and written about the February 23 and March 7, 2019, Federal and State Elections. There is a general feeling of disappointment with the elections. The disappointment is not misplaced, considering the huge resources put into...
[vc_row row_content_display="in_grid" row_content_display_align="left" row_type="row" stretch_row_type="yes"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text css=""] STRATEGY WORKSHOP ON BETTER WAYS OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION IN NIGERIA HELD 16TH – 17TH MAY 2019 IN ABUJA The workshop was organized by MISEREOR DPs and the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria. The Main Objective...