SexForGrades: Human Rights Commission sets up investigative panel on sexual violence
15 October 2019 |
12:51 pm
The management of National Human Rights Commission has today, inaugurated a Special Investigation Panel on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria.
The Commission inaugurated the panel following the recent revelations of sexual abuse cases in higher institutions across the country.
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