The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in collaboration with the Bar
Human Rights Committee (BHRC) of England and Wales is organizing a
five-day training workshop for 55 Lawyers from the North East
geo-political zone of Nigeria on ‘Legal Rights and
Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in North-Eastern Nigeria
from Monday, February 12 through Friday, February 16 2018, at the
Internatiinal Training Institute, Maitama, Abuja, FCT.
The training workshop, which is being sponsored by DANGOTE
FOUNDATION and BHRC of England and Wales is a pilot
programme designed to boost capacity
building of Nigerian Lawyers in the administration
of Human Rights Law especially with respect to their
representation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), of
Northeastern Nigeria.
The program also aimed at enhancing participants’
understanding of pro-bono legal services and equip them
with resources for effective service delivery
particularly in the areas of access to justice, unlawful
detention and legal representation for vulnerable citizens in
North-East Nigeria.
The program will include a Training of Trainers’ workshop for
selected participants who will provide ‘step-down’ trainings to
lawyers across the Nigerian Bar Association branches located in the
Northeastern axis of Nigeria.
It will be recalled that President Mahmoud set up the NBA North
East Task Force (NBA-NETF) in August 2016 at his inaugural ceremony
to coordinate NBA interventions in he conflict states of North East
Nigeria where the Boko Haram insurgency has caused humanitarian
crisis of monumental proportion .
The DANGOTE FOUNDATION of which the NBA President is a member
and the BHRC of England and Wales participated at the 2017 NBA -AGC
in Lagos where both organisations pledged their support to the NBA
in funding its human rights engagements across Nigeria and
particularly in the North East.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in collaboration with the Bar
Human Rights Committee (BHRC) of England and Wales is organizing a
five-day training workshop for 55 Lawyers from the North East
geo-political zone of Nigeria on ‘Legal Rights and
Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in North-Eastern Nigeria
from Monday, February 12 through Friday, February 16 2018, at the
Internatiinal Training Institute, Maitama, Abuja,
FCT.
The training workshop, which is being sponsored by DANGOTE
FOUNDATION and BHRC of England and Wales is a pilot
programme designed to boost capacity
building of Nigerian Lawyers in the administration
of Human Rights Law especially with respect to their
representation of internally displaced persons (IDPs), of
Northeastern Nigeria.
The program also aimed at enhancing participants’
understanding of pro-bono legal services and equip them
with resources for effective service delivery
particularly in the areas of access to justice, unlawful
detention and legal representation for vulnerable citizens in
North-East Nigeria.
The program will include a Training of Trainers’ workshop for
selected participants who will provide ‘step-down’ trainings to
lawyers across the Nigerian Bar Association branches located in the
Northeastern axis of Nigeria.
It will be recalled that President Mahmoud set up the NBA North
East Task Force (NBA-NETF) in August 2016 at his inaugural ceremony
to coordinate NBA interventions in he conflict states of North East
Nigeria where the Boko Haram insurgency has caused humanitarian
crisis of monumental proportion .
The DANGOTE FOUNDATION of which the NBA President is a member
and the BHRC of England and Wales participated at the 2017 NBA -AGC
in Lagos where both organisations pledged their support to the NBA
in funding its human rights engagements across Nigeria and
particularly in the North East.
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