Stanley Ibe

The conference provided an opportunity to engage some of the continent’s brightest legal minds in conversations organised across PALU’s three sections – Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL), Section on Business Law (SBL) and Section on Legal Practice (SLP).

During its 10^th biennial conference held in Yaounde, Cameroon, in October 2015, the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) declared April 25 to be Africa Pretrial Detention Day.

Nigeria is remarkably diverse. Whether you consider, ethnicity, religion or culture, you will find such incredible diversity that makes you wonder how this collection of peoples could possibly have lived together for a century.

On 25 June 1993, the World Conference on Human Rights ended in Vienna, Austria with the adoption of a significant human rights document – the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (VDPA).

The DAC provides an opportunity to encourage state parties to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) to ‘eliminate social and cultural practices affecting the welfare, dignity, normal growth and development of a child.’ This is particularly important because many child