procat press release lagos mission
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LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS FRANCE
This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.
Press Release-September 2011
ASFF and Partners Organise Training, Roundtable and Awareness on
UNCAT in Lagos
In December 2008, the European Union and Avocats Sans Frontieres France
signed a grant contract for the implementation of the project United Nations
Convention against Torture Promotion and Implementation, for Its Full enjoyment
by the Nigerian Civil Society (ProCAT). The specific objective of the project is to
reduce torture and ill-treatment at all levels through the use of judicial processes
and provision of pro bono legal services to victims of torture. The project also aims
to raise public awareness towards promoting the principles of the United Nations
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment.
As part of the activities geared towards implementing the specific objectives of
the project, ASFF in partnership with the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) and
the Human Rights Institute of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA-HRI) has
organised another round of training, roundtable and awareness creation in Lagos
on the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT).
The five-day event comprised a three-day training, one-day roundtable and one-
day awareness creation.
12 judicial actors who had attended the previous training were the participants at
the roundtable session conducted by ASFF and LACON resource persons. Among
the decisions reached was that other forms of investigation such as forensic
investigation should be deployed by law enforcement agencies, rather than
torture.
13 participants among whom were media practitioners and nominees of the
International Federation of Women Lawyers attended the awareness creation
session. The participants called on ASFF and its partners to develop more channels
of public sensitisation on the UNCAT
The event peaked with a training attended by 19 judicial actors comprising judges,
magistrates, police officers, prison service officers and other para-legal experts
who were educated on national and international remedies to torture including
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate, Abuja, FCT. [email protected]
This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this
publication are the sole responsibility of ASF France and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting
the position of the European Union.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected] -
8/3/2019 ProCAT Press Release Lagos Mission
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LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS FRANCE
This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.This project is funded by the European Union
This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate,
Abuja, FCT.
that of the Court of Justice established by the ECOWAS Treaty, the African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the UNCAT.
Signed: Nadia Nata,
Head of Mission, ASFF- Abuja.
ASF France, Nigeria Office: 29, 1st Avenue, Kado Estate, Abuja, FCT. [email protected]
This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this
publication are the sole responsibility of ASF France and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting
the position of the European Union.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]