The Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Centre (HRCRC) in Ebonyi recorded 200 cases from January 2025 till date.
The Director of the centre, Mr George Etamesor, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Tuesday.
He said 118 of the cases bordered on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), comprising domestic violence, inheritance, child abuse and intimate partner violence.
Other cases, Etamesor said, were on peace building; 58, access to justice; 16, while eight cases were on access to mental wellness.
The director said some of the cases are still ongoing, while others have been successfully handled through mediation and other interventions.
On access to justice, he said that the organisation, with the collaboration of relevant organisations, facilitated and secured the release of inmates in the state’s correctional centre.
“We facilitated the release of inmates charged with stealing, vandalism and other minor cases.
“The process was not just to get them out, as we started with counselling and rehabilitation, so they could be reintegrated into the society.”
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According to him, the centre trained 90 officers on defensive procedure and established a “safeguarding system for schools”, aimed at tackling abuses on school children and teachers.
He said the officers are teachers designated in various schools across the three senatorial zones of the state.
He also disclosed that 60 persons from three local government areas of the state were selected and trained on early warning and response system to become proactive in preventing possible conflicts.
He said “peace building and conflict resolution are the centre’s substantial areas of mediation.”
(NAN)
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