Ahead of the International Day Against Racism, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Miss Navi Pillay, has promised to defend and uphold the rights of all persons across the globe.
On a working visit to the National Human Rights Commission, Miss Pillay said that the United Nations Human Rights Commission would continue to encourage and assist governments to protect the rights of their citizens.
She advised civil society and non-governmental organisations to report all cases of human rights abuses and violations to the commission in order to reduce the culture of impunity across the world
A representative of the civil society group criticised the terrorism prevention act passed into law by the Federal Government of Nigeria for prescribing death penalty while a human rights ambassador and the coordinator, Human Rights Agenda, Chinonye Obiagwu, promised to partner with the National Human Rights Commission in promoting human rights.
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Professor Bem Angwe, reaffirmed the mandate of the commission to protect the right of all Nigerians at all times.
The working visit by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights to the National Human Rights Commission was aimed at forging a new partnership that would ensure the protection of peoples’ rights.
