News & Events - National Human Rights Commission

FAGBEMI: RIGHTS MUST LEAVE THE BOOKS AND ENTER POLICE STATIONS AS NHRC, NPF LAUNCH LANDMARK FRAMEWORK

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Prince Lateef Fagbemi, on Wednesday led the launch of a new policing pact he said must end rights abuses at the point of contact.

FROM DARKNESS TO DEGREES: NHRC, FOUNDATION SEEK TO GIVE EVERY NIGERIAN CHILD A CHANCE THROUGH EDUCATION.

For many young Nigerians, education is the bridge between poverty and opportunity. For some visually impaired students, that bridge once seemed impossible to cross until determined advocates stepped in to change their story.

CLIMATE CHANGE, NHRC'S RESCUE STORY

Imagine waking up one morning to discover that everything you own has disappeared beneath floodwaters.

Imagine spending months cultivating your farm, only to watch your crops wither because the rains never came.

NHRC CHARGES LAW STUDENTS TO CHAMPION HUMAN RIGHTS, RULE OF LAW

The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Tony Ojukwu, OFR, SAN, has urged law students across Nigeria to become courageous defenders of human rights and the rule of law which are the pillars of an egalitarian and progress society.

NHRC PARTNERS KSM TO ADDRESS PRISON CONGESTION, PROMOTE HUMAN DIGNITY IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Knights of St. Mulumba, KSM, and the Papal Knights and Medalists of Nigeria to address the systemic challenge of prison congestion and uphold the human rights of persons deprived of liberty in Nigeria.