Organising institution |
 National Human Rights Commission, Nigeria
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Funding institution |
National Human Rights Commission, Nigeria
International Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland
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Delivering institution |
National Human Rights Commission, Nigeria
| |
Date of commencement/
establishment |
1998 | |
Name |
Human Rights and the Prison System in Nigeria | |
Substantive focus |
prison administration
human rights | |
Target group |
Prison officials | |
In-service training or
pre-service training |
No | |
Content |
Historical development of human rights; Nature of human rights; International standards on pretrial detention; Disappearances and arbitrary executions: human rights standards; Human rights standards on the protection of juvenile offenders; International standards on the rights of detainees; Standards on the role of the judiciary and lawyers; Role of prisons in the administration of criminal justice; The state of Nigerian prisons. | |
Geographical focus |
Nigeria | |
HR incorporated in curriculum |
No | |
Methodology used |
Paper presentations by resource persons; group work and general discussions for developing, acquiring further skills, knowledge and cooperative learning. | |
Delivered by |
NHRC staff, Nigeria Prison Service, ICRC and an NGO working in prison projects. | |
Was the program evaluated |
Information not available | |
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