Nigeria Police, NDLEA, DELSU, Others, Joins IHRC Human Rights Stakeholders Summit in Delta
Human Rights Stakeholders comprising the Police, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the Nigeria Army, the Special Monitoring Mission of the International Human Rights Commission-IHRC, including the Delta State University Abraka, and other Civil Rights Groups to develop a comprehensive experience of human rights advocacy hinged to provide creative, concrete knowledge of how to use international and regional human rights treaties and enforcement mechanisms in their work for the protection and promotion of human rights.
This was obtained in a statement by the National/Multi-National Coordinator of the IHRC Special Monitoring Mission in Nigeria and Africa Region, Engr. Comrade Elijah Vitus Echendu, made available by the Head of Media, Strategic Communications IHRC in Nigeria, Mr. Fidelis Onakpoma, on December 21, 2023.
He said the development will converge during the End-of-Year Human Rights Stakeholders Summit in Delta State, stressing that the targeted audience includes tertiary institutions, human rights educators, advocates, activists, law enforcement officers, lawyers, women activists, research officers, leaders, members of coalitions and networks, staff of NGOs and CBOs, volunteers, development actors, trainers, students, United Nations agency, Ministry of Justice officials, government officials.
With the theme of the Summit, ‘The Future is Human Rights ‘, he maintained that the Summit will integrate knowledge in the fields of politics, economics, cultural diversity, gender issues, and socio-psychology in the context of human rights.
“Strategized training and methodology required for promoting human rights education in our community across all sectors shall as well be formulated through the summit”, he hinted.
He added the Summit will take on the 23rd of December 2023 at Abraka Delta State with special award recognition for Special Monitoring Mission Officials and other Human Rights Actors whose unrelenting efforts towards human rights advocacy and defense cannot be overemphasized.
Signed:
Fidelis Onakpoma
Head of Media, Strategic Communications IHRC in Nigeria
