Amnesty International has called on the Federal Government to ensure that the judicial commission set up to review compliance of armed forces with human rights obligations and rules of engagement is allowed to work without any interference.

Its Director in Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, who made the call also asked the government to provide the commission with the support needed, saying the government should ensure the commission was independent, impartial and free from any conflict of interest that may affect the integrity of its work.

Ojigho said the government must ensure the commission had the resources to carry out its work and making its terms of reference public could bring transparency.

He lauded the setting up of the commission and its mandate, saying the development would ensure justice was brought to victims of war crimes.

Ojigho said investigating the compliance of security agencies with rules of engagements in all conflicts and violation of human rights law was a step in the right direction.

He said the investigation must be carried out with all sense of responsibility of making sure that no human rights violation go unaccounted for.

According to him, the mandate of the commission to advise on preventing violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in conflict situations was also a vital step for the country, saying the government’s priority should be justice, human rights and the dignity of human life in Nigeria.

He said all persons reasonably suspected of committing crimes under international law and other serious violations of human rights on all sides of all conflicts in the country must be brought to justice in fair trials before civilian courts without recourse to the death penalty.