PRAWA’S RECOMMENDED SANCTION FOR VIOLATORS OF COVID-19 REGULATIONS:
These include the following: RECOMMENDED SANCTIONS: Award of Fines and other Economic Sanctions. Award of Community Service Order: This should recognize the current context and should align with activities and
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Women, Access to Justice and the Role of Judiciaries Across Africa: The Feminine Face of COVID-19
Women bear a disproportionate brunt of health crises, environmental disasters and gender-based violence. Unfortunately, the current global pandemic could follow this pattern—having devastating implications for women’s access to justice. What
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Kenya’s Judiciary is using Email and Videochat to Deliver Pending Judgements and Rulings
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced individuals and institutions alike to use online platforms to do their work. This includes branches of government and one of them is the Judiciary. The
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Given its current status as a source, transit and destination country, Human Trafficking, especially on youths, women and children, has become a major challenge in contemporary Nigeria. The victims of
Read ContinueScavenger Bags One Month Imprisonment For Theft
An Iyaganku Senior Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Friday sentenced 28-year-old A 28-year-old Scavenger, Yinusa Musa, has been sentenced to one month imprisonment for break-in and stealing items worth N7,500, by
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Marking a new page in the prison history, 2961 prisoners released on bail….
On the recommendations of the special committee appointed on the directions of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, 2,961 prisoners were released on bail. This group of prisoners were gradually released from March 17th until
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Codiv-19: Open Letter To State Houses Of Assembly And The National Assembly.
As at 30th March, 2020, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and about 5 state Governors have made regulations for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19. As
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COVID-19: PREVENTION MEASURES OF THE STATE AND THE NEED TO AVOID HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS.
COVID-19: PREVENTION MEASURES OF THE STATE AND THE NEED TO AVOID HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS. By: OGECHI OGU ESQ. DEPUTY DIRECTOR PRAWA. It is no longer news that COVID-19 pandemic
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