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IIP-SARS GIVES POLICE 6-DAY ULTIMATUM OVER WHEREABOUTS OF MISSING JOHN EMEKA ALOZIE

--Insists on production of DCP Legal, 3 other officers

The Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday gave the police a six-day ultimatum to explain why they refused to obey its order directing them to produce the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) legal in the Force Headquarters before the panel over the case of alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of John Emeka Alozie.

IIP-SARS RECOVERS IMPOUNDED VEHICLE BY UNION BANK

The Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations by the defunct SARS and other units of the Nigerian Police Force has recovered a vehicle belonging to one Hon. Ngozika Ihuoma confiscated by union bank in 2013.

WORLD ZERO DISCRIMINATION DAY: PROTECT THE INHERENT DIGNITY OF MANKIND, OJUKWU CHARGES STAKEHOLDERS

As Nigeria joins the rest of the global Community to commemorate the 2022 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Discrimination, the National Human Rights Commission enjoins Nigerians, national institutions and other stakeholders to strive and uphold the inherent rights and dignity of all persons, particularly those who are facing one form of discrimination or the other.

IIP-SARS TO CONTINUE SITTING MARCH 1st

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.

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION JOURNAL

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.