Mr. Clement Nwankwo is a lawyer and human rights practitioner recognised as the first Nigerian to establish a human rights organization. He is the founder and first Executive Director of Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) and the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC). 

He is also the convener of Civil Society Situation Room. Equally, he was the co-founder and first National Secretary/Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) 1987-1990. Nwankwo was a member of the International Board of Human Rights Internet Canada; International NGO Advisory Committee and Harvard Institute for International Development. 

Mr. Nwankwo started democracy and good governance activism during the dark days of military dictatorship in Nigeria and in preparation for conduct of elections to return Nigeria to civil rule in 1999 founded the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of over 50 organisations that worked for the return of civilian rule in Nigeria.