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Committee against Torture closes seventy-second session after adopting concluding observations on Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Nigeria, Serbia and Sweden
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The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-second session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Serbia and Sweden, and on the...
UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Nigeria, Serbia and Sweden
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The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) on Friday published findings on the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Nigeria, Serbia and Sweden, the six States parties that it reviewed...
Nigeria: justice to women and halt to impunity
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GENEVA (15 November 2021) - The Federal High Court of Nigeria has rendered justice to six women who were arbitrarily arrested and detained during raids of the suspected sex work venues and subjected...
UN Committee against Torture to review Sweden, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Lithuania, Serbia and Bolivia
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The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) will hold its upcoming session from 8 November to 3 December, during which it will review Sweden, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Lithuania, Serbia and the Plurinational...
A/HRC/47/33/Add.2: Visit to Nigeria - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard
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Summary In her report, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions provides information on her visit to Nigeria, which she conducted from 19 August to 2 September 2019.
One year after: Authorities must comply with Federal High Court decision to release Mubarak Bala on bail
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GENEVA (28 April 2021) – UN experts* today called on Nigerian authorities to comply with the decision of the Federal High Court to release the prominent humanist and rights defender Mubarak Bala on...
Nigeria: Children traumatised by abduction need urgent rehabilitation, say UN experts
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GENEVA (3 March 2021) – UN experts* today urged Nigeria to prioritise specialised rehabilitation measures for the hundreds of abducted children left deeply traumatised after their release and to...
Tackling COVID-19 in Nigeria from a safety education angle
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The safety education tools that Ugochi Obidiegwu, Managing partner at The Safety Chic, develops for children and adults have been helping teachers and pupils in Nigeria resume school with minimised danger during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UN human rights experts demand Nigeria investigate shooting of peaceful protestors by soldiers
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GENEVA (3 November 2020) – The Nigerian government must set up a credible, independent inquiry into the recent illegal killings of at least 12 peaceful protestors by soldiers, UN human rights experts*...