ECOWAS Community Court of JusticeBy Angela Atabo
Justice Micah Wilkins, a former Vice President, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice says human rights abuse remains a major challenge in West African countries.
Wilkins said this at the Human Rights Fiesta organised by the Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER) to mark the 2018 human rights day in Abuja.
According to him, the ECOWAS Court has many mandates but the human rights mandate is the most significant.
“Other aspects of the work that we are doing are not as much as the human rights mandate because 98 per cent of the cases we get involve violation of human rights across West African states.
“So human rights is important and it can never be too much, so we should all stand up for the rights of our people because today you may be privileged but the table can turn tomorrow we can become victims.
“So we have a duty to protect each other because violation to one is…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
