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The concept of healthcare goes far beyond the narrow provision of medical relief to sick citizens.

Two decades of the Maputo Protocol: Upholding rights of women and girls in Africa

The issue of imposing limitations on freedom of expression has garnered the interest of scholars across the globe.

GENEVA (3 July 2023) — The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has announced plans to visit Albania, Bolivia, Gabon, and Mongolia in the first half of 2024, and confirmed upcoming visits to Croatia, Georgia, Guatemala, the State ...

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Objectively speaking, the purpose of this piece is not to merely identify the physical location of the Lagos State Water Corporation. This author, like the generality of Lagosians, is aware that its headquarters are in Water House, Ijora, Lagos, while the corporation’s supervisory ministry, the Lagos state Ministry of Water Resources, is located within the state secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, the state capital.

Talking about acceptability, water should be of an acceptable colour, odour and taste for each personal or domestic use. All water facilities and services must be culturally appropriate and sensitive to gender, lifecycle and privacy requirements. Everyone has the right to a water and sanitation service that is physically accessible within, or in the immediate vicinity of the household, educational institution, workplace or health institution.

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National and county governments challenged to respond to child rights. They also want national budget statement made children friendly.

Azam Nazeer Tarar says around 74 cases have been forwarded to military courts.