THE Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu on Thursday said the Commission will commence the audit of detention centres across the country as from June 2018.
A statement by the Director, Corporate Affairs and External Linkages of the NHRC, Lambert Oparah said the exercise is in fulfilment of the Commission’s mandate to ensure that detention facilities across the country are kept in line with respect for human rights, under the 1999 Constitution, and in accordance with the United Nations Minimum Standards for detention centers.
Ojukwu said detention centres to be audited during the exercise would include those under the control of the Prisons, Police, State Security Service (SSS) and the Military.
The statement further stated that arrangements are being put in place for the audit of other detention centres in the control of other law enforcement…
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