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Nigeria

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Nigeria and UN Charter-based Bodies

Nigeria and UN Treaty Bodies

Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children - Mission to Nigeria (A/HRC/41/46/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons - Mission to Nigeria (A/HRC/35/27/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health - Mission to Nigeria (A/HRC/32/32/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues - Mission to Nigeria (A/HRC/28/64/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - Mission to Nigeria (A/HRC/7/3/Add.4)

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Main page of the Special Procedures

Most recent concluding observations

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2021) CAT/C/NGA/COAR/1

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2019) CCPR/C/NGA/CO/2

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2017) CEDAW/C/NGA/CO/7-8

Committee on Migrant Workers
Concluding observations (2017) CMW/C/NGA/CO/1

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2010) CRC/C/NGA/CO/3-4

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2007) CERD/C/NGA/CO/18

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations (1998) E/C.12/1/Add.23

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OHCHR in Nigeria

The Senior Human Rights Adviser works with the UN Country Team (UNCT) to integrate human rights into their programmes and activities; undertakes human rights assessments; provides technical advice to national institutions; and conducts human rights capacity-building for a range of governmental and non-governmental actors. More about OHCHR in Nigeria.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Branch
Tel. + 41 22 928 9360

Field

UN House
617/618 Diplomatic Drive, Central Business District,
Gariki Abuja
Nigeria