African Law Foundation

30/01/2026

📢 Call for Applicants: Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) Sub-Grant under the Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI)

The CAI invites applications for a sub-grant to carry out a research project culminating in the publication of a comprehensive country-based study on working conditions of private security personnel (PSPs) and related potential human rights abuses affecting value chains in high-risk sectors such as extractives, forestry, agriculture and finance in Nigeria.

📍 Sub-grant amount: 30 000 EUR
📍 Duration: 3 to 6 months
📍 Only one project will be selected under this specific sub-grant.

📍 Eligibility: Applicants must be a civil society organisation, non-governmental organisation or other non-profit entity and:
• Be a registered legal entity in Nigeria, operational for at least 3 years
• Have previously conducted research on security/private security and/or labour rights
• Have a functional accounting system to accurately record all project-related financial transactions

📍 Before submitting your application, please review all documents related to the call, including the full guidelines and application forms:
https://lnkd.in/eijDa2FX

📩 Send your application with all mandatory documents to [email protected]

📌Deadline: 01.03.2026, 23:59 CET.

The CAI is a joint effort by ICoCA, TRIAL International, OEARSE RDC, African Law Foundation, CDD-Centro Para Democracia e Direitos Humanos, the Iraqi Human Rights Defenders and Activists Consortium, INDEPAZ and Iepades Guatemala to strengthen accountability for human rights abuses committed by corporate actors along value chains, with a particular focus on private security service providers. The initiative is made possible thanks to the financial support of the European Union.

24/11/2025

We are happy to be co-sponsoring and organizing this very important Side-Session during the 2025 UN Business and Human Rights Forum

Join us at the 14th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights! As the world confronts an escalating polycrisis, from climate change and biodiversity loss to conflict, pollution, financial instability, and rapid technological disruption, human rights defenders (HRDs) play a vital role in challenging harm...

25/10/2025

Our Executive Director was engaged and participated in some side-events and workshops during the 4th Africa Business and Human Rights Forum held from 7–9 October 2025 at Lusaka, Zambia on the THEME: From Commitment to Action: Advancing Remedy, Reparations and Responsible Business Conduct in Africa”.

The Forum was focused on transforming commitments to tangible, actionable outcomes that bridge the gap between policy commitments and practical implementation in the areas of remedy, reparations and responsible business conducts.

The side-events and workshop engagements include:

1.October 7, 2025: Expert/Speaker during the Consultation on the 2026 Report to the Human Rights Council on “Agri-business, food security and human rights” organized by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and moderated by Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb, a member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights.

2.October 8, 2025: Expert/Speaker during the Session on A Corporate Accountability Workshop on Securing Responsible Natural Resource Extraction in Africa, organized by International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA) in partnership with our organization-African Law Foundation and para Democracia e Direitos Humanos (CDD), and Moderated by Jamie Williamson-the Executive Director of ICoCA-

3.October 10, 2025: Expert during the Author’s Workshop on Human Rights and Just Transitions in Africa, organized by African Coalition on Corporate Accountability (ACCA) and Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR).

The Forum brought together representatives from governments, NHRIs, human rights experts, civil society, business entities, industry associations, labour organisations, international organisations, Indigenous Peoples, think tanks and rights holders.


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06/10/2025

AFRILAW's ED will be speaking during the Side-Event: "A Corporate Accountability Workshop on Securing Responsible Natural Resource Extraction in Africa".at the 2025 African Business and Human Rights Forum kicking off tomorrow, 7 to 9 October 2025 in Lusaka, Zambia under the theme “From Commitment to Action: Advancing Remedy, Reparations and Responsible Business Conduct in Africa"?

The Workshop is being facilitated by The Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI), a civil-society consortium supported by the EU and led by three non-profit organizations (TRIAL International, International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), Observatoire d’Etudes et d’Appui à la Responsabilité Sociale et Environnementale) and implemented in collaboration with five affiliated local partners (including our organization-African Law Foundation, Centro para Democracia e Desenvolvimento, Fundacion Instituto De Estudios Para El Desarrollo Y La Paz, Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Iraqi Human Rights Defenders and Activists Consortium).



The consortium works towards strengthening accountability for international crimes (serious human rights and environmental violations) committed in the provision of private security services to corporate actors in high-risk sectors. To mitigate risks linked to the increasing use of private security providers (PSPs), especially in fragile contexts and conflict-affected areas, a strong local civil society, accessible legal avenues for victims and a clear regulatory framework are required.



The Objectives of the Workshop include to:

· Raise awareness amongst participants of the rapid growth in private security contracting by companies involved in natural resources extraction and associated human rights risks.

· Raise awareness amongst participants of private security personnel as rights holders and how poor working conditions compound human rights problems.

· Demonstrate the role engaged civil society groups can play in holding companies to account for human rights abuses associated with their private security contractors and increasing access to remedy for affected communities.

· Solicit input from participants to feed into the design of future multi-stakeholder dialogues being planned under a project currently underway supported by the EU.



The Workshop is scheduled to hold as follows:

AFRILAW's Founder & CEO will be speaking during the Side-Event: "A Corporate Accountability Workshop on Securing Responsible Natural Resource Extraction in Africa" at the 2025 African Business and Human Rights Forum kicking off tomorrow, 7 to 9 October 2025 in Lusaka, Zambia under the theme “From Commitment to Action: Advancing Remedy, Reparations and Responsible Business Conduct in Africa".

The Workshop is being facilitated by The Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI), a civil-society consortium supported by the EU and led by three non-profit organizations (TRIAL International, International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), Observatoire d’Etudes et d’Appui à la Responsabilité Sociale et Environnementale) and implemented in collaboration with five affiliated local partners (including our organization-African Law Foundation, Centro para Democracia e Desenvolvimento, Fundacion Instituto De Estudios Para El Desarrollo Y La Paz, Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Iraqi Human Rights Defenders and Activists Consortium).

The consortium works towards strengthening accountability for international crimes (serious human rights and environmental violations) committed in the provision of private security services to corporate actors in high-risk sectors. To mitigate risks linked to the increasing use of private security providers (PSPs), especially in fragile contexts and conflict-affected areas, a strong local civil society, accessible legal avenues for victims and a clear regulatory framework are required.

The Objectives of the Workshop include to:
· Raise awareness amongst participants of the rapid growth in private security contracting by companies involved in natural resources extraction and associated human rights risks.
· Raise awareness amongst participants of private security personnel as rights holders and how poor working conditions compound human rights problems.
· Demonstrate the role engaged civil society groups can play in holding companies to account for human rights abuses associated with their private security contractors and increasing access to remedy for affected communities.
· Solicit input from participants to feed into the design of future multi-stakeholder dialogues being planned under a project currently underway supported by the EU.

The Workshop is scheduled to hold as follows:
Date: Wednesday October 8, 2025
Venue: Mupani 1 Hall, Tag Pamodzi Hotel
Time: 15:55-17:15

See https://lnkd.in/dmk3Y_iD for more information about the Workshop and the general agenda of the Forum.

14/08/2025

13/08/2025

💡 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ‼️

📝 As part of the 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 (𝗖𝗔𝗜), African Law Foundation (AFRILAW), InInternational Code of Conduct Association@OEARSE RDC and TRTRIAL Internationalre inviting registered and interested Nigerian CSOs with at least 3 years experience in documenting, monitoring and reporting serious crimes committed by economic actors, particularly in connection with the use of private security to apply for a 3-DAYS Training on Monitoring, Documentation and Reporting of Serious Crimes Committed by Economic Actors to be held in NIGERIA in the week of NOVEMBER 10, 2025.

📌 The training will cover techniques for documenting human rights violations; victim support according to international standards and legal frameworks governing the activities of private.

📩 FOR MORE INFORMATION & APPLICATION GUIDELINES: https://bit.ly/CAIcall

📍 The DEADLINE for Submission of Applications: 12.09.2025 at 23:59 CET.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦

10/08/2025

On July 30, 2025, African Law Foundation (AFRILAW), Abuja-Nigeria held a 1-Day Extractive Host Communities and Environmental Human Rights Defenders Training Workshop for about 30 indigenous people and local communities’ members from extractive host communities and environmental human rights defender from media and civil society organizations in Imo State which one of the major oil and gas producing state in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.

The Training workshop was organized in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nigeria Working Group on the VPs (NWGPs) and Voluntary Principles Initiative (VPI) with funding support from Zero Tolerance Initiative (ZTI) through Environmental Defenders Collective (EDC).

The aim and main objective of the training workshop was to raise awareness, train and sensitize the indigenous people and local communities’ members from extractive host communities and environmental human rights defenders from media and civil society organizations on the Voluntary Principles Initiative (VPIs)’s Guidance on Respecting the Rights of Human Rights Defenders, UNGPs and its Guidance for Business in relations to Human Rights Defenders and Zero Tolerance Initiative (ZTI)’s Corporate Zero Tolerance Policies and Procedures on Committing to Protection of Human Rights Defenders toward the promotion and protection of human rights defenders in the extractive sector of Nigeria.

The Head of Secretariat of the Voluntary Principles Initiative (VPIs), Ms. Mora Johnson gave a brief recorded welcome speech where she appreciated AFRILAW and other partners for organizing the workshop and expressed the delight of VPI to be part of it and also reiterated the VPI’s commitment and efforts in advancing security and human rights including the protection of human rights defenders in the extractive sector hence the development of the VPI Guidance.

Also, the Head of Secretariat of the Nigeria Working Group on the VPs (NWGPs) and Executive Director of LITE-Africa, Dr. Joel Bisina gave a welcome speech on behalf of the NWGPs and also facilitated a training session as one of the Resource Person.

However, the Training Workshop was declared open by the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) who was ably represented by the Imo State Coordinator, Dr. Valentine Madubuko after giving the Executive Secretary’s Welcome and Opening speech.

There were 2 training sessions during the workshop: (1) Voluntary Principles Initiative (VPIs)’s Guidance on Respecting the Rights of Human Rights Defenders facilitated by Dr. Joel Bisina, and (2) UNGPs and its Guidance for Business in relations to Human Rights Defenders and Zero Tolerance Initiative (ZTI)’s Corporate Zero Tolerance Policies and Procedures on Committing to Protection of Human Rights Defenders facilitated by Barr. Okereke Chinwike, Executive Director of AFRILAW.

The Training workshop employed the adult learning and participatory approach including expert presentations, experience sharing and reflections plenary session and question and answers session.

17/07/2025

🌐⚖️ Introducing the Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI)

In high-risk environments, companies often rely on private security providers (PSPs) and, when oversight fails, the consequences can be severe. That is why TRTRIAL InternationalInInternational Code of Conduct Association@OEARSE RDC, Democracia e Direitos Humanos, the Iraqi Human Rights Defenders and Activists Consortium, INDEPAZ GuGuatemala Iepadesnd our organization have launched the Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI): a civil society-led effort to prevent and tackle serious human rights and environmental abuses by corporate actors linked to the use of PSPs.

Context ➖ In fragile and conflict-affected areas, corporate actors -especially in the extractive, forestry, agricultural, and financial sectors- often rely on PSPs, which, when poorly regulated, increase the risks of violations and abuses - such as killings, acts of torture and forced displacement as well as environmental damage. In some cases, violations amount to international crimes.

What we do ➖ Through the CAI, we work with various stakeholders to mitigate risks and address violations by supporting corporate accountability and victims' access to justice.

How we work ➖ Grounded in local ownership and implementing a survivor-centered approach, the CAI supports civil society organisations (CSOs) in documenting abuses, pursues strategic litigation, and advocates for stronger regulatory frameworks. The initiative also raises awareness in communities, engages corporate actors on due diligence obligations, and promotes inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogues.

Where we work ➖ We are currently active in six countries -DRC, Nigeria, Mozambique, Iraq, Colombia, and Guatemala.

🇪🇺 This initiative is implemented thanks to the financial support of the EUROPEAN UNION

05/07/2025

As a member of International Land Coalition ( ILC), our ED CHINWIKE OKEREKE was privileged to be selected to attend and participate in the last Global Land Forum 2025 held at Bogota in Colombia from June 12 to 20.

During the period, he was also privileged to be one of the few selected to participate in the one of the field visits to Inza, a municipality in the mountainous region of Tierradentro, where diverse communities including indigenous, peasant, mestizo, and Afro-descendant groups- collaborate to promote sustainable land governance.

Land reform is advancing sustainable development, poverty alleviation, gender equality, inclusion and justice, peace building in Colombia.

The Global Land Forum 2025 represents a platform for global community to advocate and promote land rights, secured land tenure, inclusive and people-centered land governance for all, and including agrarian land reform, land and conflict and peace building, food systems and sustainable agriculture, environmental protection and climate justice.

In regard, we have renewed our zeal and commitment as NGO toward advocating and advancing secured land tenure, gender justice, land rights, inclusive and people-centered land governance for all through our initiative - Nigeria Women's Land Rights Advocacy Programme, and to strengthen and improve our engagements and working together, collaborating and partnering with ILC and other partners in this regard.

for Life

land tenure for sustainable development

gender justice and women's land rights

and protect Land rights for all

inclusive and people-centered land governance

Land, conflicts resolution and peace building

Land reform, environmental and climate Justice