At the core of any democratic society is the element of public participation. The Constitution has embedded this principle in its Preamble, Article 10(2) on national values and Article 118 which ...

Ahead of the first session of the Conference Preparatory Committee and the Working Group for the negotiations of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, which will ...

Lack of standards, poor communication and citizen apathy are some of the key challenges facing effective public participation in the country, a new government policy shows In addition, inadequate ...

CIVICUS speaks with Abdou Aziz Cissé, advocacy officer at AfricTivistes, about the state of democracy in Africa and the role of civil society in this year of many elections. AfricTivistes is a ...

Ahead the 2019 general elections, the International Republican Institute, IRI, has been collaborating with women in Adamawa State to enable them take their rightful positions in the scheme of things.

With barely two weeks to the nation’s general elections, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria, has identified violence as a major cause hindering the effective participation of ...

Participation is a fundamental right. It is one of the guiding principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that has been reiterated in many other Conventions and Declarations. Through ...