Who We Are
“To advance the respect of human rights, rule of law and justice toward a secure, peaceful, and sustainable governance.”
The Law Hub Development and Advocacy Centre (LawHub) is an independent, non-governmental organization to advance the respect of human rights, rule of law and justice toward a secure, peaceful, and sustainable governance.
Our Strategic Objectives
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- To protect and promote respect of human rights and the rule of law.
- To advocate for law and justice sector reform and provide access to justice for all.
- To promote integrity, transparency, accountability, and democratic governance.
- To advance peacebuilding, conflict resolution, security, and public safety; and
- To advance poverty reduction, social justice and economic development and environmental protection
Our Thematic Areas
- Human Rights Protection
- Rule of Law & Access to Justice
- Justice Sector Reform
- Transparency, Accountability & Anti-corruption
- Peace-building & Conflict Resolution
- Elections & Democratic Governance
- Legal Aid Services and Public Interest Litigation
- Public Safety and Security
- Poverty Eradication, Social and Economic Development
- Climatic Justice and Environmental Protection
Our Geographical Coverage:
We implement programs and services in rural communities, states, and regions in Nigeria and across Africa, including international engagements with our international partners.
Who We Work with:
We work with multi-stakeholders particularly the poor, the vulnerable, the excluded and disadvantaged, state governments, donors/funders, corporate organizations, civil society organizations, professional groups, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), faith-based organizations and community-based organizations.
Our Supporters, Allies and Partners/Network:
- Nigeria Bar Association (NBA)
- Federal Ministry of Justice,
- Nigeria National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nigeria
Our Core Interventions & Strategies
Advocacy is a planned, deliberate, and sustained effort to achieve change. To be effective, LawHub engages in legal and policy reform advocacy based on established facts and objective analysis, grounded in concrete proposals that address documented public concerns, and attempt to influence legislative processes to ensure that the needs of the population are considered by those making the decisions. Our emphasis in this regard is on our thematic areas.
In respect of our thematic areas, we execute projects to assist organizations by designing effective strategies and emerging tools which in turn will facilitate better performance internally and in their outputs. We provide customized capacity building and training programs for both public and private sector institutions to develop and strengthen the skills, abilities, processes and resources that they need to survive and adapt for sound management, strong governance and result-oriented performance.
LawHub regards education as highly instrumental in societal development as it opens the door to socio-economic opportunities that strengthen the capacities of the citizens. In respect of our thematic areas, we conduct trainings for relevant institutions; organize awareness-raising activities, such as publication of easy-to-understand information brochures on laws; and provide platforms for public debate, by organizing conferences, seminars, and roundtables among others.
We regularly carry out research to identify, document and raise awareness about the knowledge gaps in the execution of relevant legislative frameworks. We undertake interdisciplinary research and policy analysis on the social dimensions of contemporary developmental issues. We believe that research is indispensable to structural development in every sphere of life, and we carefully identify and research into the problems and policies affecting political, social and economic development in our focus areas. Furthermore, we develop practical strategies which are documented and are adopted by relevant institutions for implementation or when necessary, are sent as recommendations to implement bodies both in the public and private sectors. For example, we have conducted a very thorough comparative analysis of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and the Administration of Criminal Justice Laws of some states in Nigeria. This was based on the need to identify the differences in the provisions of the legislations and expose stakeholders to the peculiar provisions as applicable in their various jurisdictions. This will generally improve the compliance rate.
LawHub offers consulting and technical services which focus on most critical issues and opportunities within the scope of our thematic areas towards pragmatic strategy, organizational development, improved operations, transformation, and sustainability across public and private institutions. We bring deep and functional expertise but with holistic perspective. We meticulously capture value across boundaries and offer professional services in areas of institutional development including initial diagnostics, operations audit, institutional review, restructuring among others.
Thematic Areas
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