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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:IndonesiaIndonesiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Redouble efforts in ensuring the protection of the rights of women and children. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Cape VerdeCape VerdeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Step up action to prevent violence and discrimination against women. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Ensures equality in the transmission of nationality between men and women. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Undertake further efforts in order to raise awareness among religious leaders and traditional dignitaries and involve them in the dissemination of a culture of human rights and in combating harmful traditional practices.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 64) ... Government has taken necessary steps also to engage traditional and religious leaders on the importance of eradicating negative cultural practices from their communities.
Para 67) The National Orientation Agency organizes sensitization programmes for the public on the harmful effects of traditional practices against women, especially widows. Government will continue to intensify efforts to raise awareness as well as disseminate information on the value of human rights among traditional and religious leaders in order to curb negative traditional practices. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:Ratify CRPD. [Para 1; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:In 2017, the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families recommended that Nigeria consider ratifying or acceding to the OP1-ICCPR, … and the OP-ICESCR. [Para 2]
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW recommended the introduction of temporary measures, such as quotas for political appointments and the accelerated recruitment of women to decision-making positions. [Para 40] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:While noting that in 2012 the High Court inter alia recognized the unlawfulness of HIV testing without informed consent, JS12 stated that the practice of non-consensual HIV testing had persisted. [Para 56] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to enhance gender equality and the empowerment of women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 60) Section 42 (1) of the Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender by stating that a citizen of Nigeria of a particular sex. Similarly, section 17 (3) (e) of the Constitution provides that there is equal pay for equal work without discrimination on account of sex, or on any other ground. The Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill seeks to ensure equal opportunities and treatment of women and men.
Para 62) The Government of Nigeria is committed to guaranteeing equal access to political, social and economic opportunities for women and men. Consequently, government has established the lead national and state gender machineries; the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development and Ministries of Women Affairs in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory. Government has also embarked on numerous programmes to boost women’s economic empowerment. Some of these are: Business Development Fund for Women (BUDFOW) and National Women Empowerment Fund.
Para 63) The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bank of Industry (BOI) have provided financial empowerment to women through their various initiatives, such as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund as well as the Agricultural Financing Scheme.
UN Compilation:
Para 14) Referring to the relevant recommendations from the previous review, the United Nations country team noted that in March 2016, the eighth Senate had rejected the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill and that a revised version of the Bill was currently under consideration. The country team considered the implementation of those recommendations to be ongoing.
Para 39) The Special Rapporteur on minority issues was concerned that, despite the relevant role played by women, particularly minority women, in civil society initiatives, during her visit in 2014, she had encountered hardly any women participating in Government and political leadership. Para 40) CEDAW remained concerned that women were still underrepresented in the National Assembly, in senior leadership positions in the diplomatic service and at the ministerial level. ….
Para 41) The Special Rapporteur on minority issues noted that minorities, particularly minority women, were poorly represented in political life at all levels, especially in state and local governments.
Para 51) [CEDAW] noted the efforts to promote women’s economic empowerment and social welfare, including through the adoption of the Social Insurance Trust Fund Act, in 2012, and the Pension Reform Act, in 2014.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 51) … JS16 stated that, despite several efforts, the legislation for gender equality in political participation had not been followed-up by any effort for implementation.
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:PalestinePalestineRegional groupObserverPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue improving the situation of children, who were at risk, especially girls.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 28) The Special Rapporteurs on health, on sale of children and on slavery noted that Boko Haram had used widespread abductions of girls and boys as a part of its insurgency strategy.
Para 47) CEDAW was concerned that while sections 218 and 357 of the Criminal Code protected girls under 13 years of age from forced sexual intercourse, section 6 excluded the applicability of those provisions to girls of the same age in customary law marriages.
Para 74) In 2017, the Secretary-General stated that Boko Haram had used children in direct hostilities and as human shields to protect its elements during military operations. Many children had also been subjected to forceful religious conversion and forced marriage and used for sexual purposes. The Special Rapporteurs on health, on sale of children and on slavery stated that girls had been subjected to sexual violence and used as sexual slaves by insurgents, which had resulted in many becoming pregnant.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 47) JS3 stated that although Nigeria supported a recommendation from the previous review to protect children from forced conversion, such a practice had continued, particularly in Shari’a states, where non-Muslim girls had experienced abduction, forced conversion and forced marriage. Local Islamic institutions through the enforcement of traditional rules had often been complicit in those violations.
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Implement the Universal Basic Education policy for all children without discrimination with focus on integration of children with disabilities and equal access for girls in primary and secondary education.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 49) … Schools for the girl-child under construction are almost 90% completed.
UN Compilation:
Para 62) CEDAW noted with concern that many women and girls in north-east Nigeria had dropped out of school owing to the Boko Haram insurgency.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 74) … JS16 stated that Nigeria had not given any attention to the education of girls in remote parts of the country.
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:RejectedContents:Ensure the universality of human rights, safeguarding and protecting human rights of all Nigerians irrespective of gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or religious affiliation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 64) Section 42 of the Constitution guarantees and protects the rights of women from discrimination. 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. In addition, government enacted the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act.
Para 65) The Act seeks to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit all forms of violence including physical, sexual, psychological, domestic, harmful traditional practices, discriminations against persons and to provide maximum protection and effective remedies for victims and punishment of offenders. Under the ACJA, women can now stand as sureties for any applicant or defendant for the purpose of admitting the person to bail. Hitherto this was not possible.
UN Compilation:
Para 46) CEDAW was concerned that, under section 26 (2) (a) of the Constitution, Nigerian women married to foreign men could not transmit their nationality to their husbands, unlike Nigerian men married to foreign women. It was also concerned that section 29 (4) (b) on citizenship renunciation legitimized child marriage, as it recognized any woman who was married to be of full age for the purposes of renunciation of citizenship.
Para 47) CEDAW was concerned that while sections 218 and 357 of the Criminal Code protected girls under 13 years of age from forced sexual intercourse, section 6 excluded the applicability of those provisions to girls of the same age in customary law marriages.
Para 48) [CEDAW] was also concerned that no specific measures had been taken to eradicate polygamous relationships.
Para 49) [CEDAW] remained concerned about discriminatory provisions in the Labour Act (1990), the Factories Act (1987) and the Police Regulations (1968), which prohibited the employment of women in night work and the recruitment of married women to the police and required women police officers to make a written request for permission to marry.
Para 73) [CEDAW] was concerned that women owned less than 7.2 per cent of the total land mass in Nigeria and that their land rights in rural areas were not guaranteed.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 10) JS8 stated that … Nigeria had continued to allow the violation of the rights of the LGBT population, despite its obligations to protect those rights arising from several international human rights conventions to which it was a party.
Para 11) JS5 recalled that Nigeria had not supported any of the recommendations from the previous review that inter alia related to the repealing of those laws that discriminated based on sexual orientation and gender identity.16 Certain provisions in the Criminal Code, Penal Code and the National Law and Drug Enforcement Act had disproportionately affected gay men, … The Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act had negative consequences beyond the deprivation of marriage rights for gay men and women. JS5 stated that, under Sharia law the penalty for homosexuality was death. The Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Act of 2015, had done little to protect gay men, female sex workers and intravenous drug users as vulnerable populations. AFA stated that the Act was yet to be incorporated into domestic legislation in all states.
Para 12) JS8 stated that expansive provisions of the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act had served to codify homophobia and transphobia. JS12 stated that the Act, which generally criminalized same sex relationships, had created additional criminal offences that targeted persons based on their sexual orientation. JS8 stated that the Act had effectively legalized discrimination and had allowed people to act with impunity. Since its enactment there had been an increase in crimes and human rights violations against LGBT persons and their defenders. JS13 stated that the Act and other discriminatory laws had been used to subject the LGBT community to violations including invasion of privacy, assault and battery, black mail and extortion, denial of access to amenities and education.
Para 13) Referring to a relevant study, JS12 noted a significant increase in fear in seeking healthcare services by men who had sex with men after the enactment of the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act (2014). JS13 stated that sections 5(2) and (3) of the Act had hindered access to Anti-Retroviral Vaccines, HIV testing and counselling services. JS8 stated that LGBT persons had experienced difficulties in accessing health care services. The denial of such services would have a negative impact on Nigeria’s progress towards HIV eradication.
Para 15) JS5 stated that gay men, … had experienced significant discrimination, influenced by traditional culture as well as religious moral values.
Para 64) JS13 stated that LGBT persons had been subjected to forced, violent and arbitrary evictions.
Para 75) JS8 stated that homophobic bullying in schools had proven to be a serious impairment to adequate access to education. There had also been a failure to provide comprehensive and inclusive education on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.
Para 76) JS15 stated that Nigeria had failed to address traditional practices that had hampered gender equality. Discrimination started even before the birth of a girl. Education of boys had been prioritised over that of girls and girls were denied the right to inherit property.
Para 79) JS13 referred to relevant supported recommendations from the previous review and stated that although there had been enactment of progressive laws, harmful gender norms, cultural practices and discriminatory laws had persisted. In several communities, women had been barred from owning immovable property or from renting a house.
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State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:CRC recommended that Nigeria ensure ... easy access to [birth] registration in rural areas, and in this regard amended Act No. 69. [Para 38] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS3 stated that Nigeria should amend all laws and policies, and stop practices that discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; and that Nigeria must undertake legislative and policy measures that promote acceptance to homosexual and diverse gender identity. [Para 34] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:CubaCubaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:CommentSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Cuba praised the strategy to protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, the awareness campaign in this regard and the distribution of antiretroviral medicine. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:QuestionSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:In spite of the existing legislation many Nigerian children are still subject to child trafficking, to all forms of child labour, to sexual and economic exploitation, to harmful traditional practices affecting children (such as child witches and child marriage) and to withdrawal from schools for hawking or begging. What is government of Nigeria doing to prevent these practices? -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:Concerned at the persistent wage gap between men and women, women's higher unemployment rate and discriminatory legislation. Noted with concern discriminatory practices in the private sector, with respect to maternity and marital status. [Para 46; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:N/AContents:The following bills are receiving due consideration for passage by the National Assembly and necessary assent of the President: ... (d) National Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDS (establishment, etc.) Bill 2006; ... In addition, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is also before the National Assembly for domestication. [Para 22] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:N/AContents:On the difficulties associated with the domestication of the Convention of the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - also dogged by cultural and religious divisions - the (National Consultative) Forum expressed the hope that the personal efforts being made by the President to ensure the early passage of the bill would yield the desired result as soon as possible. It noted that Nigerian law has copious provisions to safeguard the rights of women against abuse and all forms of maltreatment. Assault and battery have been made subject of both civil and criminal laws, with the criminal aspects attracting very stiff and severe penalties. There is, therefore, no need for a special law on violence against women. [Para 79] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:In 2005, CRC was deeply concerned at traditional and discriminatory attitudes and behaviour towards women and children, contributing inter alia to violence, abuse, including sexual abuse, killing, torture and extortion, and the generally high level of acceptance of domestic violence among law enforcement officials and court personnel. In 2008, CEDAW was concerned at the continuing prevalence of violence against women and the absence of a comprehensive national law on this issue. [Para 26] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:The Special Rapporteur also noted that a particularly alarming development in the implementation of sharia has been the institutionalization of enforcement bodies known as Hisbah. Their activities have resulted in a number of violent, arbitrary and other illegal acts, especially against non-Muslim women, which in many cases amounted to human rights violations. [Para 41] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Reference AddressedContents:NHRC reported that in Nigeria women experience discrimination due to the slow pace at which laws relating to women's rights are passed by the legislature at different levels and the poor enforcement mechanisms of existing legislation. [Para 16] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Abortion
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:CRR reported that Nigeria's abortion law remains very restrictive, despite unsafe abortions remaining frequent occurrences and resulting in the death of over 34,000 Nigerian women annually. [Para 52] -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Fight against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthSource Of Reference:MoldovaMoldovaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill and ensure its effective implementation at all levels of government.