UNESCO, NIALS Commence Training For Judicial Educators on Curriculum Usage to Curb Violence Against Journalists

In a bid to curb violence against journalists in Nigeria and further entrench the right to freedom of expression in the country, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies has commenced a week of training for judicial educators in the country. 

According to the Representative of the Head of the Abuja office of UNESCO, Joshi Manishi, this training is meant to equip these educators with how to use a curriculum to teach law students how to protect the rights of journalists. 

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Mr Manishi says the training is born out of years of training and engaging stakeholders in the justice sector, who all agreed and worked together on formulating a curriculum on teaching free speech and protection of Journalists in the Nigerian context. He added that the training will also train the educators on the use of Artificial intelligence in the Justice sector. 

The Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Abdulkadir Abikan says this training is an avenue for Judicial educators to discuss free speech in the African context. 

The law professor added that this training is pertinent and comes at a time when Journalists in Nigeria face arbitrary arrest and detention, threats to lives and that of family members, and other forms of violence.