Human rights training of judges in Nigeria
A three-year partnership between Statoil and the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) is introducing Sharia judges in northern Nigeria to human rights issues and legislation.
LEDAP developed and delivered two-day training seminars for the Sharia judges on the following: human rights principles; women’s rights; just interrogation principles and their integration into the administration of Islamic law; and legal procedures and administration. The three years of training have given 450 Sharia judges from 7 northern states an insight into human rights questions. This amounts to approximately 20 per cent of the total number of Sharia judges in the country.