115.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to prevent reintroduction of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
121.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to operationalize the Special Criminal Court, including by providing adequate resources and support to enable the Court to fulfil its mandate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- National Human Rights Institution
114.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Reinstate a formal moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards complete abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
144.182
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Prioritize the full and effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
148.103
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure all operations by the military and security forces comply with international law and Nigeria’s human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
148.134
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Formally establish a moratorium on executions and work towards the abolition of the death penalty, including through ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
148.140
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards complete abolition of this practice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
148.176
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Commit to releasing the findings from the Presidential Investigative Panel and the army-led Special Board of Inquiry and to holding perpetrators to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
148.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen its measures and implement policies relating to climate change, environmental protection and disaster risk reduction
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
148.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Repeal all relevant legislation that discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex individuals and same-sex marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
115.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take steps to prevent abuse by police and ensure investigations progress in a timely manner
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
121.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Improve access for humanitarian agencies and organizations to ensure affected people’s immediate and critical needs are met
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
121.198
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully implement the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict to address continuing recruitment of child soldiers and ensure their demobilization and reintegration into society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
114.103
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Investigate and prosecute alleged human rights abuses by the security forces, including torture and arbitrary killings, with a view to ensuring full accountability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
148.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully implement its commitments under the Paris Agreement
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
115.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Repeal the sections of its Criminal Code that criminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adults and strengthen efforts to address inequality and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
114.176
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Increase its efforts to enforce its legislative prohibitions against child marriage and female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
121.39.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Formally abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
115.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to take into account the vulnerabilities, needs and views of women, children and persons with disabilities in developing projects, policies or programmes on issues related to climate change and disaster risk management
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
121.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that the National Commission on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is properly resourced to ensure that it can independently implement its action plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
- National Human Rights Institution
114.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Reform its National Human Rights Commission with a view to strengthening its independence and efficacy, based on recently adopted legislation, in line with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
148.218
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to take effective measures to assist the communities in need by providing health-care and education facilities and fostering the means for the creation of alternative livelihood options
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
148.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully cooperate with the United Nations human rights mechanisms and fulfil its reporting obligations under the various treaties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Treaty bodies
144.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Support the full realization of sexual and reproductive rights and access to relevant health services for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
148.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Protect the rights to freedom of association, expression and peaceful assembly for all Nigerians, regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
148.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Make progress on investigating the military’s compliance with human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
148.180
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Regarding recurring intercommunal violence, undertake effective and impartial investigations into massacres, bringing those responsible to justice and ensuring redress for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
148.250
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that the rights of women are respected, protected and fulfilled, including their rights to sexual and reproductive health, addressing discrimination through wife inheritance laws and eliminating child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
114.186
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement practical measures to immediately halt the use of child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
144.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Enact legislation to bring the Senegalese Human Rights Committee into full compliance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution