Actions of the staff of the airlines in recent accidents, an aff …

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the treatment of passengers involved in recent air accidents, describing some actions for the staff of the airport and airlines such as “a clear face on human dignity” and a violation of both Nigerian and international human rights standards.

Speaking at the commission headquarters in Abuja, the executive secretary, dr. Tony Ojukwu, reaffirmed the NHRC commitment to protect the dignity of all people, regardless of circumstances, and requested urgent reforms in the aviation sector to prevent repetition from these violations.

The intervention of the Commission follows videos widely widespread on social media showing that passengers are strongly removed from aircraft in circumstances described as degrading. Among the reported cases are the recent accident with Valuejet airlines that involves the Nigerian entertainer Wasiu Ayinde-Marshal and an Ibom plane crash.

Ojukwu State That: @Torture and inhuman Treatment Are Absolutely Prohibited, “Stressing that the Prohibition of Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment is an Absolute Right That Cnot Bel BE Suspended Under Any Circumstances, City of Nigeria’s Obligations Under the 1999 Constitution, The Universal, The Universal, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, The Convention Against Torture, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

The NHRC boss observed that acts like the physical assault, which strip a naked, shameful public and useless exposure of parts of the intimate body seen in one of the accidents are equivalent to torture pursuant to Nigeria Anti-Torture Act, 2017.

The Commission has further condemned the registration and online dissemination of these accidents, calling it “a secondary form of damage and further degrading treatment”.

The head of the NHRC has accused airlines as a question of responsibility to ensure that their operations and staff do not contribute to the violations of the rights.

He said: the @proper protocols and the formation of de-Escalation could have produced different results in both accidents “, urging the aeronautical authorities to set complete training for human rights for all airlines and airport staff and sanction any entity that he discovered for violation of the rights of rights.

He invited the Ministry of Aviation and other aviation regulators to immediately review the protocols for the management of unruly passengers to make sure they respect the standards of human rights, including the rights of dignity, security, fair hearing and freedom from torture.

Ojukwu has also urged judicial and investigative agencies to quickly pursue all people directly implicated in human rights violations pursuant to the anti-power law, while he undertakes to support all the victims in line with his statutory mandate.

He revealed that the NHRC has issued a consultation to all the aeronautical authorities and the parties concerned on the right to dignity and protection against torture in aeronautical operations in Nigeria., Noting that advice aims to safeguard both passengers and airlines staff from human rights violations during flight operations.

Ojukwu has ensured that the Commission will continue to monitor developments to guarantee responsibility in cases of Miss Comfort Emasin, Wasiu Ayinde-Marshal and others affected by these accidents.

He insisted on the fact that: “Our duty is not only to protect the rights of passengers, but also of those of the members of the crew and the staff of the airlines”, stating that: “These accidents must never happen again in a civil society”.

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