The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with support from the Government of Japan and the Director of Public Prosecution in Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Justice, has equiped 34 Nigerian with improved capcity to prosecute terrorism and other serious offenses, in accordance with the rule of law and human rights.
They are part of beneficiaries of a series of in-depth training workshops, the latest of which was held in Abuja between May and September 2015. The latest serie involved two select groups of prosecutors trained through practical approaches using case studies and practical exercises, covering prosecutorial standards and good practices.The prosecutors benefited from the expertise and experience of practitioners from Kenya, Uganda and the United Kingdom.
This training series builds on UNODC’s ongoing partnership with the Office of the Director for Public Prosecutions. In 2014, UNODC delivered a similar in-depth training series for 21 select Nigerian prosecutors, as part of a broader assistance programme funded by the European Union.
The UNODC initiative has assisted Nigeria to develop a pool of trained prosecutors with enhanced capacity to prosecute terrorism and other serious offenses in accordance with the rule of law and human rights, supporting the transition from confession-based to evidence-based prosecutions.
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