The present report examines Nigeria’s Human Rights Agenda 2011-2015. Nigeria has explicitly accepted human rights obligations through the international and regional human rights treaties which it has ratified. In 2009, Nigeria became the second country in Africa to deposit a National Plan of Action at the UN Human Rights Council. Key issues and recommendations include: police and justice sector reforms, abolition of the death penalty, violence and immunity, forced evictions, human rights In the Niger delta, violence against women, child protection, freedom of expression and assembly and discrimination. The Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and specifically, access to lawyers and legal services and special safeguards in criminal justice matters are noted.
The present report examines Nigeria’s Human Rights Agenda 2011-2015. Nigeria has explicitly accepted human rights obligations through the international and regional human rights treaties which it has ratified. In 2009, Nigeria became the second country in Africa to deposit a National Plan of Action at the UN Human Rights Council. Key issues and recommendations include: police and justice sector reforms, abolition of the death penalty, violence and immunity, forced evictions, human rights In the Niger delta, violence against women, child protection, freedom of expression and assembly and discrimination. The Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and specifically, access to lawyers and legal services and special safeguards in criminal justice matters are noted.
