A group of corps members under the auspices of 'Legal Aids', a community development association, Monday held a rally in Abuja to create awareness on the dangers and legal punishments involved in human trafficking.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Commission), have unveiled plans to hold a workshop for Heads of Police and Prisons from across the West African sub-region.
Last week, Jean Pierre Bemba, leader of the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after being arrested six weeks ago by Belgian police within the framework of an international
The United States has characterized the situation in Zimbabwe as a threat to peace which justifies the imposition of sanctions on the country under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
THE Child Restoration Outreach, a Jinja-based charity, has started sensitising pupils and teachers in Jinja municipality primary schools on children's rights.
The Security Council has strongly condemned the killing of the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Somalia, who was gunned down by unidentified assailants in the strife-torn nation's capital.
Genocide-accused former Rector of the prestigious Catholic College in Rwanda, Hormisdas Nsengimana, Tuesday himself started his own defence by claiming before the UN Court that he has never betrayed his priestly vows and that he was deeply entrenched in his
Out-of-court settlement talks between pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the Kano State government broke down at the weekend after the government and representatives of victims' families turned down an offer of $10 million compensation from the company.
The provincial management of the National Institute of Children (INAC) registered from January to June of this year, in Huambo province, seven cases of violence against children, said an official source.