N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Participate more actively in the international programmes of technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that detention conditions and provisions for access to legal and in particular judicial remedies comply with international standards and strengthen the training of police and other law enforcement officials and set up effective mechanisms to ensure an independent investigation of alleged misconduct
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the implementation of laws against corporal punishment by undertaking awareness raising campaigns, encouraging the report of cases and ensuring effective investigation and prosecution of perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to further develop the human rights education system and strengthen the culture of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop disciplinary protocols and manuals for the use of force with strict adherence to human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that police conduct is in accordance with international human rights standards through human rights training for all police and security officers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Build on progress made as regards training programmes on human rights and further improve such schemes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote human rights education and training
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Launch awareness raising programmes on a national level regarding women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend national legislation that entails discriminatory practices, prosecution and punishment of persons for their sexual orientation or gender identity, and adopt measures to promote tolerance in the society through education and awareness campaigns
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the improvement of prisons' conditions by providing training in human rights to penitentiary staff and strengthening the National Observatory of Places of Deprivation of Liberty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to address the high rate of early marriages among girls in the northern states of Nigeria, including a review of legislation permitting marriage of those under 18 years of age and undertaking awareness-raising programmes on the negative implications of early marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue awareness-raising campaigns to eradicate harmful traditional practices and introduce sex education in the school curricula
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote education and human rights training at the national level
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue her efforts and measures in investing in education for all as a means to guarantee the gender equality and to foster the human rights culture in the society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to education
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to guarantee free and compulsory birth registration for all children via public awareness-raising campaign on the importance of the registration of births
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue fighting against gender-related violence, including FGM, by enhancing measures, such as ad hoc awareness-raising campaigns and legal aid programme to increase victims' access to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legislation for the eradication of FGM as well as to take effective measure to raise awareness of the people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact a comprehensive national law prohibiting FGM and continue awareness-raising campaigns to eradicate this scourge
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the human rights training of state security forces and prevent the use of excessive force against civilians
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further raise public awareness on the equal rights of women, persons with disabilities and religious minorities for social integration and harmony
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Human rights education and training
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts towards strengthening inter-confessional harmony and a culture of human rights in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue measure to provide human rights trainings and capacity-building to civil servants and law-enforcement officials in line with the world programme for human Rights Education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Launch campaigns of sensitization for families and communities with the aim of creating areas of protection for the protection of the rights of children with greater efficiency
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that training of all military and security personnel does include a human rights component and that respect and protection of human rights during service is ensured and monitored
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The national report makes it clear that harmful traditional practices are deeply rooted in the culture of the Nigerian peoples, we therefore encourage the Nigerian government to intensify its efforts in the field of human rights education to eradicate this problem that only seems to weaken the development prospects in this country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake measures, including through human rights education and training, to modify traditional practices that are in conflict with human rights standards which guarantee equality between men and women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislative and practical measures to combat accusations against children for witchcraft by, inter alia, criminalizing the witchcraft accusations, providing protection to children, and by awareness-raising, including in cooperation with civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights education and training
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the designed public policy and launch a comprehensive awareness-raising campaign to end gender-based violence that includes sexual violence and feminicide
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further combat all forms of discrimination against women by running public awareness campaigns on women's rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019