The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, says it is imperative to train investigators and prosecutors who handle Sexual Gender Based Violence SGBV cases.
Malami said this at the `First Moot Court Trial’ organised by the Finistry, FCT High Court in collaboration with the EU through the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption ROLAC Program in Abuja.
The minister, who was represented by the Director in the Public Prosecution Department, Abdulrahim Shuaibu, also stressed the need for the establishment of more Sexual Assault Referral Centres SARC in the country.
He said the access to justice based SARC will include an improve health care services that would address the medical, physical, mental and psychosocial consequences of SGBV to Survivors.
Ezeilo noted that the inauguration of the President of an Inter-Ministerial Management Committee on Eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence is a demonstration of the government’s renewed commitment to comprehensively address SGBV and protect the victims.
She said that the lessons gather from the mock trials will assist law enforcement, the judiciary and the criminal justice system to fast track the justice process on similar existing cases.
