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June 29, 2019
President, International Criminal Court (ICC),Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji, has urged judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice toalways uphold justice to protect human rights and dignity.
Eboe-Osuji, who was in the country to attend the55th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of States and Governments, made thecall in Abuja.
He said that both ICC and ECJ had similar mandates,hence the need to learn from each other and share best practices in other touphold human rights and dignity despite the many challenges.
According to him, these are challenging times forjustice but we must not give up. It is for all of us who care for humanity tospeak up from whatever perspectives that we can.
Eboe-Osuji commended the ECOWAS Court of Justice onjudgments delivered, stating that the court has effectively lived up to itsmandates of defending the people of the sub region and protecting their humanrights.