PHOTO BOOK- CONFLICT TRANSITION IN THE NORTH EAST
PWAN with support from the Office of Transition Initiative (OTI) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the North East Regional Initiative (NERI), have developed a photobook titled ‘Conflict Transition in Photos- Featuring Various Photographers’, which focuses on the strength of the people of Northeast Nigeria to strive in the mist of the insurgency. PWAN,...Read More 0
CONSOLIDATING LEGAL AID APPROACHES IN KANO STATE
Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) in collaboration with the Kano State Ministry of Justice organized a 2-day Expert Level Convening on Consolidating Legal Aid Approaches in Kano State held Thursday 26th and Friday 27th of April, 2018; it drew participants from the justice and legal aid sectors in Kano, Lagos and Ondo states as well as...Read More 0
ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE JUDICIAL SECTOR- RELEASE OF COURT OBSERVATION FINDINGS Q1 2018, ONDO
The Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in the Judicial Sector project is a 3-year project being implemented by the Rule of the Law and Empowerment Initiative (also known as Partners West Africa – Nigeria) with support from MacArthur Foundation. To ensure effective collaboration, Partners West Africa – Nigeria worked with the state High Courts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...Read More 0
PRIORITIZING THE VOICES OF WOMEN IN SECURITY USING THE SECOND GENERATION NATIONAL ACTION PLAN (2017-2020)
Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) organized a one- day programme on ‘Prioritizing the Voices of Women in Security Organisations using the Second Generation National Action Plan (2017- 2020)’. The dialogue was organized in furtherance of the “Promoting Informed Dialogue on Security (PRIDES)” project supported by the Security Justice Reform...Read More 0
ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE JUDICIAL SECTOR- RELEASE OF COURT OBSERVATION FINDINGS Q1 FCT
The Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in the Judicial Sector project is a 3-year project being implemented by the Rule of the Law and Empowerment Initiative (also known as Partners West Africa – Nigeria) with support from MacArthur Foundation. To ensure effective collaboration, Partners West Africa – Nigeria worked with the state High Courts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...Read More 0
REPORT ON FCT PRISON DECONGESTION EXCERCISE
The Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) was invited by the Office of the Honorable Chief Judge (CJ), High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be a part of the visits to the Keffi, Suleja and Kuje prisons. His Lordship, during the visit, was to exercise the powers conferred on him as Chief Judge under the Criminal Justice (Release...Read More 0
Non State Security Actors and Security Provisioning in Nigeria
Nigeria has witnessed an unprecedented escalation of violent conflicts and criminality since the return to democracy in May 1999. The Nigerian government’s reliance on security agencies and law enforcement institutions in tackling these security challenges has proven inadequate, leading to increased deployment of the military in complementing the efforts of other security agencies. The...Read More 1
PRESENTATION ON THE FINDINGS OF THE COURT OBSERVATION, COURT USER SATISFACTION, USER SURVEY AND CASE MONITORING QUATER 3
The Judicial Integrity Project is an 8-month project being implemented by the Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative (also known as Partners West Africa – Nigeria) *with support from the US Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). Partners West Africa – Nigeria, worked closely with the Nigeria Bar Association Abuja and Kano branches, FCT and...Read More 0
FACT SHEET: PRIORITISING THE VOICES OF WOMEN IN SECURITY IN NIGERIA
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LEGAL AID STILL NOT ADEQUATE FOR FCT COURT USERS
The Judicial Integrity Project which commenced in 2016, continued its court observation exercise after the release of findings from the first quarter. In that quarter, the findings revealed that 59% of the time, the courts observed in Abuja sat, with 61% cases on the cause list attended to. The release of second quarter observation held on 28th of March 2017 revealed amongst others that staff...Read More 0
Presentation on the findings of the Court Observation and Court User Satisfaction User Survey (October- November 2016), Kano and Abuja
The Judicial Integrity Project is an 8-month project being implemented by the Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative (also known as Partners West Africa – Nigeria) with support from the US Department of State Bureau International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). Partners West Africa – Nigeria also worked closely with the Nigeria Bar Association Abuja (Unit, Bwari and Gwagwalada...Read More 0
Desk Review on the Nigerian Judiciary (1999-2016)
The Judiciary is the third arm of government in Nigeria. It is made up of the various systems of courts in all the jurisdictions in the country and is structured to fit Nigeria’s Federal system. As an institution, the Judiciary consists of the “Bar” and the “Bench”, and many of the laws and much of the hierarchy of the country’s court system are based on the inherited British system. To...Read More 0