International Women’s Day: Nigeria committed to end gender-based violence ― Malami
As the world celebrates this year’s International Women’s Day, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, expressed the commitment of Nigeria towards ensuring an end to gender-based violence in the country.
He said the Federal Government has focused significant attention on the issue of sexual and gender-based violence and is working towards the establishment of specialized courts and Judicial Divisions focused on sexual and gender-based violence.
A statement by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu, on Monday, disclosed that Malami spoke at a virtual session on “Special Event on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism”, organized by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime, UNODC.
It added that the virtual session which was part of events commemorating the International Women’s Day, held at Kyoto, Japan on Sunday.
According to the statement, Malami, recalled that he had last year, inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Management Committee on Eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence with the hope that it would serve as an important tool in helping Nigeria to address the crime.
He said in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, the Complex Case Group under the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, leads in the effort to bring suspected terrorists to justice and also work to include sexual violence related charges against Boko Haram suspects, in collaboration with the military, police and other security service investigators from the multi-agency Joint Investigation Centre, in North-East Nigeria.
