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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:New ZealandNew ZealandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents: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. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Cote d'IvoireCote d'IvoireRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Engage in awareness raising on the criminal nature of female genital mutilation and its negative impact on women. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:BotswanaBotswanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to pursue its efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS, particularly in addressing its reported disproportional impact on women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 108) In the area of HIV/AIDS control:
a) The Federal Government in 2012 signed the implementation plan for the framework partnership with the United States Government and commenced the decentralization of ART services to the primary health care level. The Ministry of Health is an implementing partner under the Global Funds Round 8. Under this grant, PHC health workers are being trained on voluntary counseling and testing, prescription and administration of anti-retroviral drugs and general care of persons living with HIV/AIDS.
b) In the same vein, the Primary Health Care is domiciled in the agency. The project is a vehicle designed to take HIV/AIDS control to PHCs across the country. Health facilities that are not being covered under the GLOBAL fund project are being covered by the PHAID project. Recently PHC staff in 18 States of the Federation were trained on various aspects of HIV/AIDS management (data management, laboratory diagnosis, integrated supportive supervision, management of opportunistic infections associated with HIV).
c) In July 2013 (15th-16th), the Federal Republic of Nigeria hosted the Abuja and 12 special summit of the African Union on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria where President Goodluck Jonathan launched the President's Comprehensive Response Plan (PCRP), increasing domestic funding to accelerate the implementation of key interventions with respect to HIV/AIDS. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:[CEDAW] recommended reviewing the Land Use Act (1990), the Land Administration Act (1978) and related land laws and repealing any provisions that prevented women’s access to land. [Para 73] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Polygamy
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW recommended that Nigeria prohibit and eliminate ... polygamy. [Para 71] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:Amend existing legislation to prevent early marriage and develop sensitization programmes to curb the practice of early marriages. [Para 38; CRC] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:YemenYemenRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts in supporting education and providing equal opportunities to boys and girls in the rural and urban areas.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 114) The Government has put in place policies and measures to eradicate illiteracy through the provisions of qualitative education for Nigerians at all levels. The measures include: institutionalization of the Early Childhood Care Development and Education programme; completion of 80 Tsangaya schools in order to integrate formal educational programme into the quranic school system and the launching of the National Campaign on Access to Basic Education to reduce the number of out of school children; establishment of 12 new universities to enhance access to a federal university in each state of the federation; construction of special girls' schools in 13 states of the federation to improve Girls' Education Programme; establishment of Special Education Intervention Fund of which, the sum of N36 billion has been disbursed to the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory in 2012; establishment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in 2011 for the provisions of infrastructure and related facilities of which, N76.7 billion has been disbursed to tertiary institutions; refurbishing 352 science and technical laboratories in 104 Federal Unity Colleges. Government has awarded a total of 101 Presidential Special Scholarships for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) for training in top 25 universities in the world in 2012.
Para 115) Government purchased and distributed instructional and library materials on core subjects to all primary 6 students in public schools, supported the Nomadic Education Programme by constructing and equipping of Nomadic Education Model Centres in grazing reserves; training of 28,000 public primary Head Teachers and support for Girls education Projects.
Para 117) Government is implementing a programme known as the Girl's Education Project (GEP) designed to enhance girl's enrolment and retention in school using strategies such as the Students' Tutoring, Mentoring and Counselling (STUMEC), School Based Management Committee (SBMC), School Based Teacher Development (SBTD) and the Pedagogy Module and Core Subjects Modules.
Para 118) Through the Girls' Education Project, Government embarked on advocacy, sensitization and mobilization programmes which have led to significant increase in the enrolment of girls into public primary schools and junior secondary schools in the educationally disadvantaged states in the federation.
Para 120) There are laws in some states of the federation for retention of girls in school and prohibiting the withdrawal of girls from school for marriage. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:N/AContents:The following national policies aim at ensuring the effective realisation of the rights of women and children in Nigeria: National Strategic Framework and Plan of Action for VVF Eradication in Nigeria, 2005-2010; National Policy on Food and Nutrition 2001; National Policy on Education 1999 revised 2004; National Policy on Child and Maternal Health 1994; National Child Policy 2007 and Strategic Plan of Action/Implementation Framework 2007/08; National Policy and Guidelines on Gender in Basic Education, 2007; National Plan of Action and Guidelines on OVC 2007 etc. [Para 13] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:N/AContents:The Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme has not only increased access to school but also gender parity. [Para 50] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC recommended that Nigeria continue its efforts in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing treatment and urgently increase alternative-care opportunities for children. [Para 51] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:NorwayNorwayRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Repeal all laws that allow violence and discrimination against women to persist.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 60) Since the establishment of the Federal Ministry of Women and Social Development and its equivalents in the States, efforts have been made to consolidate and strengthen policies and programmes which will eliminate violence against women and provide support for victims. A product of these efforts is the Violence Against Persons Bill being considered in the National Assembly.
Para 62) Under section 46 (1) of the Constitution, women who are victims of violence and discrimination may apply to a High Court for redress by way of fundamental rights enforcement proceedings in the event of the application of any law that allows violence and discrimination against them. Nigerian courts have on several occasions declared null and void all laws and customs that are not in the spirit of the Constitution in this regard.
Para 64) The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development is engaged in continuous advocacy to legislators, policy makers and other stakeholders on the imperative to pass the CEDAW bill currently pending before the National Assembly ... Some States of the federation have passed laws eradicating some of these practices, including Female Genital Mutilation and harmful widowhood rights.
Para 65) Various actions are being taken, including strengthening of laws and policies as well as their implementation, strengthening of human resources and police institutional reforms to eradicate negative cultural practices at the Federal and state levels.
Para 66) Nigeria in its efforts to improve the rights of women and ensuring that all administrative and policy bottlenecks that hinder women from exercising their rights as guaranteed under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other international instruments of human rights, adopted a Gender Policy by approving the establishment of Gender Desks in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government with a view to mainstreaming gender issues in all their activities. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Consider, as a party to the ICESCR, making the legal adaptations required to ensuring that economic, social and cultural rights are considered as individual and enforceable rights, with the same status as all other human rights, and not mere State goals or aspirations.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 1) NHRC stated that since its Universal Period Review, Nigeria has acceded to and/or ratified key human rights instruments. However, most of these treaties were yet to be enacted into domestic legislation. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Russian FederationRussian FederationRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen the regime for the protection of the rights of the child in accordance with the obligations under the CRC. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Cape VerdeCape VerdeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure more effective protection of children and better promotion of their well-being in every dimension, particularly with respect to trafficking and sexual exploitation, excisions, early marriages and forced labour.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 40) … b) … Sections 30-33 of the Child Rights Act also prohibit the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;
Para 40) … d) The Launch of a Campaign to End Child Marriage in Nigeria and a National Strategy to End Child Marriage in Nigeria 2017-2021.
Para 66) The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) … is concerned with the conditions of vulnerable groups in conflict situation such as the women and children that are mostly victims, whether … forced as … sex slaves, ‘wives’ etc.
UN Compilation:
Para 42) CEDAW was concerned that Nigeria remained a source, transit and destination country for trafficking in persons, particularly women and girls, for purposes of sexual and labour exploitation.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 52) JS4 stated that Nigeria had been a source, transit and destination country for trafficking of children for sexual exploitation. Discussions had been ongoing among government ministries on the formulation of a new national action plan.
Para 53) JS15 stated that … girls were at risk of being trafficked to other parts of the country to work as “house-helps”.
Para 88) JS12 expressed concern about the high rates of child marriage and the need to address the underlying factors that contributed to early marriage. JS16 stated that state legislation on the minimum age of marriage varied from state to state.
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:EgyptEgyptRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen its policies to provide care and support for children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, particularly those orphaned.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 24) Nigeria had enacted the following laws to incorporate the international human rights instruments to which Nigeria is a party: … (d) HIV/AIDS (Anti-Discrimination) Act 2014;
UN Compilation:
Para 58) [CEDAW] noted with concern … the fact that Nigeria had one of the highest HIV rates in the world, which disproportionately affected women and girls, especially women in prostitution, and the prevalence of malaria.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 14) While noting the enactment of HIV/AIDS (Anti-discrimination) Act, 2014, which aimed to protect the rights and dignity of all persons living with and affected by HIV, JS12 stated that discrimination against and violation of the rights of people living with HIV had persisted.
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:RejectedContents: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.ExplanationThe delegation stated that Nigeria was unable, at this time, to accept Recommendations 137.26 and 137.27 on the issue of early marriage. Marriage fell within the concurrent jurisdiction of the Federal Government and the State Governments. At the Federal level, the National Assembly has passed the Child Rights Act, which prohibits the marriage of any girl-child below the age of 18. To ensure a nation-wide application of this principle, the Federal Government has stepped up advocacy to encourage the various State Governments to enact their own version of the Child Rights law. Twenty-six of the 36 states have, to date, enacted the desired Child Rights laws. In addition, the Government at all levels is engaged in advocacy to discourage girl-child marriages through various measures, including subsidized education for girls.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 40) … d) The Launch of a Campaign to End Child Marriage in Nigeria and a National Strategy to End Child Marriage in Nigeria 2017-2021.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 88) JS12 expressed concern about the high rates of child marriage and the need to address the underlying factors that contributed to early marriage. JS16 stated that state legislation on the minimum age of marriage varied from state to state.
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC urged Nigeria to (a) combat the belief in witchcraft involving children; (b) criminalize such accusations; (c) prosecute the authors of crimes committed on the basis of this belief; (d) undertake awareness-raising programmes; and (e) regulate those religious institutions found to have engaged in such practices. [Para 26] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:CHRI recommended that Nigeria ratify the OP-ICESCR ... [Para 11] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:N/AContents:Nigeria has considered requests for visit by a number of Special Procedures Mandate Holders and agreed to receive ... Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women ... [Para 42]
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:New ZealandNew ZealandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repeal all relevant legislation that discriminates against LGBTI individuals and same sex marriage.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Guarantee the application of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act throughout its territory and approve the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:GreeceGreeceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Step up efforts to combat human trafficking, especially women and children, inter alia, by enforcing the 2015 relevant Act. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:IndiaIndiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue implementing measures for improving conditions of women. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure effective protection against violence against women. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Take further measures to fulfil its obligations under the CEDAW Convention and the Security Council Resolution 1325 to protect women from sexual violence in IDP-camps and that allegations of misconduct are investigated and brought to justice, and, in this context, establish an oversight mechanism for security forces, that meet with international human rights standards.