BackInternational human rights institutions are looking into the possibility of acting jointly to help free the Nigerian girls kidnapped on 14 April by the radical islamic group Boko Haram.
So say several of the human rights organisations that the Ombudsman of Spain, Soledad Becerril, contacted to ask them to work together on securing the girls’ immediate, unconditional release.
The executive secretary of the Human Rights Commission of Nigeria, Bem Angwe; the chairman of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AMO), Abdelaziz Benzakour; the chairlady of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), Dame Beverley A. Wakem, and the chairman of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC), Mabedle Lawrence Mushwana, have thanked the Ombudsman of Spain for her concern and her effort and they all stressed the importance of condemning these acts in international forums.
Soledad Becerril sent her colleagues a letter urging them to report these events and urge the international community and the Government of Nigeria to put an end to this situation and let the girls return to their families, as appealed for in the international campaign slogan: “bring back our girls”.
In its capacity as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), the Ombudsman’s Office considers that it cannot remain impassive in the face of such a flagrant breach of human rights and wants to put its voice and effort into getting the international community of National Human Rights Institutions and of Ombudsmen to demand and cooperate towards securing the immediate release of the girls.
Source: Office of the Ombudsman, Spain
