Nigeria, June 30 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has announced the election of its Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as Vice-President of the African National Preventive Mechanisms Network (ANPMN).

According to a statement on Monday, NHRC's Director of Corporate Affairs and External Linkages, Fatimah Mohammed, stated that Mr Ojukwu was elected on 26 June during the Fourth Annual Conference of ANPMN held in Kigali, Rwanda.

Philile Ntuli, commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission, was elected President of the ANPMN.

ANPMN is the continental platform for National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) established under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture, OPCAT....