{"id":3445,"date":"2023-11-10T07:53:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T07:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2023-11-10T07:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T07:53:30","slug":"plac-event-consultative-meeting-on-strategy-for-engaging-with-nass-committees-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/plac-event-consultative-meeting-on-strategy-for-engaging-with-nass-committees-on-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAC Event: Consultative Meeting on Strategy for Engaging with NASS Committees on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) organised a Consultative Meeting on Strategy for Engaging with the National Assembly Committees on Human Rights on 30<sup>th<\/sup> and 31<sup>st<\/sup> October 2023 in Abuja, with support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The meeting was a platform for civil society organisations (CSOs) working on human rights to meet with the Human Rights Committees in the 10<sup>th<\/sup> National Assembly. Chairman of the House of Representatives Human Rights Committee, Rep. Abiola Peter Makinde and the Deputy Chairman, Rep. Mudashiru Lukman Alani were present at the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive\nDirector of PLAC, Clement Nwankwo, delivered the welcome remarks. He\nunderscored the delicate nature of the overall human rights situation in the\ncountry, highlighting the crucial role of the civil society in raising\nawareness and addressing human rights concerns. An endeavor he described as\nnecessitating close partnership between civil society and the National Assembly\nHuman Rights Committees to mitigate the worsening human rights conditions in\nthe nation. Chairman of the House of Representatives Human Rights Committee,\nRep. Abiola Peter Makinde in his goodwill message, expressed his intention to\ngather valuable insight from the meeting, on prevailing human rights concerns\nand devise effective strategies to tackle these them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The keynote\npresentation at the meeting was delivered by Chinonye Obiagwu, SAN,&nbsp; Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association\nHuman Rights Institute (NBA-HRI) and Executive Director, Legal Defence and\nAssistance Project (LEDAP) on the topic, \u2018<strong><em>Overview of the Human Rights\nSituation &amp; Challenges to Addressing Human Rights Violations in Nigeria<\/em><\/strong>\u2019.\nOn the second day of the meeting, Ogechi Ogu, Deputy Director at Prisoners\u2019\nRehabilitation and Welfare <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Action\n(PRAWA) delivered a presentation \u2018<strong><em>CSO Perspective: Collaborative Efforts\nfor Improved Human Rights Protection<\/em>\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep.\nMakinde expressed his Committee\u2019s commitment to promoting human rights\nprotection, using the National Action Plan on Promoting and Protecting Human Rights\nas its major focus, in collaboration with CSOs and other human rights\nstakeholders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversations\nat the meeting culminated in the development of a CSO-Legislative engagement\nstrategy by the participants to identify and tackle human rights violations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) organised a Consultative Meeting on Strategy for Engaging with the National Assembly Committees on Human Rights on 30th and 31st October 2023 in Abuja, with support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). 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