Sultan foundation parleys Adamawa community on human rights, ACJL
The Sultan foundation for peace and development has organized a one day sensitization workshop where it engaged members of Borromji community of Yola North Local Government at the community’s LCCN church.
During the sessions, resource persons, dissected the importance of respect for the fundamental rights of individuals and sensitized the community extensively on some of the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) in Adamawa State.
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The one day workshop was organized by the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development with support from the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme (RoLAC), a European Union funded program implemented by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, IDEA on Friday.
The Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) was passed on December 10, 2018 in Adamawa in order to ensure the entrenchment of best practices in the administration of criminal justice in the state.
Muneerat Shehu a resource person while dissecting the ACJL noted that it is imperative for all and sundry to understand their rights in order to guard themselves against all forms of human rights abuses which is a major contributory factor for the escalating insecurity in the nation.
She noted that the ACJL has a number of innovations and provisions aimed at ensuring the total populace of the vulnerable population.
Amongst the new innovations in the law according to Shehu is the provision that women can serve as sureties, it is unlawful to arrest someone in lieu of the other and non-custodial sentencing.
Others include prevention of torture against suspects during arrest and detention, and bail is free amongst many other novel provisions.
The workshop also featured questions and answers sessions where the community members asked a number of practical questions relating to human rights abuses, indiscretions by the police and other key stakeholders in the Administration of Criminal Justice for which answers were provided.
At the end of the workshop, flyers containing some of the new provisions and innovations were distributed to the participants who were urged to internalize and step down the message to other members of the community.
A participant, John Stephen, thanked the Sultan foundation for peace and development for the awareness workshop noting that the people were greatly empowered adding that they are not aware of most of the new provisions in the ACJL promising to use the knowledge they acquired to promote the rule of law and human dignity.
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