Law & Human Rights

Benchers back CJN’s push to retire colonial titles

Benchers back CJN’s push to retire colonial titles

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Willy Mutunga was sworn in as the first Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya on June 20, 2011, under the country’s 2010 Constitution. Barely months in office, he took a revolutionary step with the enforcement of a reform policy that historically altered Kenya’s legal practice.  Mutunga moved Kenya’s […]
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Benchers’ Crisis: Why combatants must sheathe their swords — Stakeholders

Benchers’ Crisis: Why combatants must sheathe their swords — Stakeholders

In this report, Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights examines the background facts and the politics that triggered the on-going crisis at the Body of Benchers led by a prominent silk, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN and harvests the perspectives of stakeholders on the situation with prescriptions on how to avert its recurrence.

Controversial cybercrime law: The way out, by lawyers

Controversial cybercrime law: The way out, by lawyers

In  this report, Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights examines the Cybercrime 2015 Bill passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly and signed into law by the administration of President Jonathan Goodluck to curb troubling criminal activities in the cyberspace, including the publication of purported offensive messages or fallacious information on the Internet against another; the manner of enforcement of the law by government agents since it was enacted, the recent amendment of the 2015 Act and the implication of the implementation of the law so far on journalism practice in Nigeria. Lawyers also spoke on the way out.