SPECIAL REPORT: Mining activities robbing farmers of arable land in Plateau
Plateau State is a Nigerian food basket but tin mining activities are destroying farmlands and the youth are turning away from farming. 7 min read
Chris Choji has been a farmer all his life. The 57-year-old who lives in Rakwok, Barkin-Ladi in Plateau State, produces mostly tomatoes, cabbages, pepper, maize, and potatoes. But things have changed.
“Illegal mining activities have made the environment dangerous,” he told PREMIUM TIMES. “The land is no longer fertile and our farmlands have been destroyed, thereby causing food scarcity and making the prices of food skyrocket.”
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Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova: Where do we stand?
News Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova: Where do we stand?
The Council of Europe Programme “Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova” is in the last meters of the implementation. The Programme is being implemented as part of the Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova and funded by the Government of Norway.
In its implementation, beneficiaries, partners, and the project team are guided by European human rights standards, based on the principles of humanisation, resocialisation and restorative justice. Thereby, the Programme pursues the overall objective to ensure higher respect for human rights and rule of law in the Republic of Moldova by assisting the national authorities in building up a system of execution of criminal sanctions functioning e