The immediate past Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Festus Okoye, is still listed on the website of the electoral body as National Commissioner four weeks after his five-year tenure expired, checks by SaharaReporters revealed. Okoye was sworn-in by former President Muhammadu Buhari as National Commissioner representing South-East geopolitical zone on July 25, 2018. Though his tenure ended on July 24, 2023, SaharaReporters gathered that he had only served a term and could be re-appointed for a second term.
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will be celebrating milestones for its Program in International Human Rights Law and the retirement of professor George Edwards at an event this week.
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17 March 2021
MORNING
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia.
Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Bulgaria were China, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Russian Federation, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Children s Fund, and Venezuela.
The following civil society organizations took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Bulgaria: World Jewish Congress, International Lesbian and Gay Association, Advocates for Human Rights, and International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of the Marshall Islands were Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa, Tunisia, United Nations Population Fund, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, India, Israel and Libya.