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July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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NIGER
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Geospatial Information Section.
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Niger. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Title:
Niger. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
24 April 2025
Accessed Date:
29 April 2025
Title:
Common core document forming part of the reports of States parties: Niger
Date of Document:
2 November 2023
Accessed Date:
29 April 2024
Title:
Niger. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
12 April 2024
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
18 May 2022
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Niger: Situation sécuritaire. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
28 January 2021
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Le régime nigérien de sécurité sociale
Source:
France. Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale.
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Civilians Facing Insecurity in Niger's Tillabéri Region
Source:
Center for Civilians in Conflict
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger : Point de situation sécuritaire sur l'année 2023
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 May 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
4 January 2022
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Murder in Tillabery: Calming Niger's Emerging Communal Crisis. Africa Briefing N°172.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 May 2021
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Niger : situation sécuritaire dans la région de Diffa et influence des factions de Boko Haram
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 July 2023
Accessed Date:
9 April 2024
Title:
The Links between Conflict and Hunger in Niger - Conflict, Hunger and Aid Access
Source:
Insecurity Insight
Date of Document:
October 2023
Accessed Date:
9 April 2024
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
21 January 2025
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
‘Collective punishment': Sanctions worsen humanitarian conditions in post-coup Niger
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
14 September 2023
Author:
Boureima Balima; Philip Kleinfeld
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Niger. Violence against health care in conflict 2023
Source:
Insecurity Insight
Date of Document:
22 August 2024
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Public health situation analysis (PHSA)
Source:
Heath Cluster; United Nations. World Heath Organization.
Date of Document:
21 January 2025
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Note de monitoring de protection
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
11 December 2024
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Newly restructured, the Islamic State in the Sahel aims for regional expansion
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data
Date of Document:
30 September 2024
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
29 April 2024
Title:
Niger: Rights in Free Fall a Year After Coup
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 July 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger: New Terrorism Database Threatens Rights
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 September 2024
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Niger. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 December 2024
Accessed Date:
17 April 2025
Title:
Niger. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
29 April 2025
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: The Niger
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/38/NER/1
Date of Document:
26 February 2021
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Compilation on the Niger
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/38/NER/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
1 March 2021
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Niger
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/38/NER/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
25 February 2021
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Information received from the Niger on follow-up to the concluding observations on its second periodic report
Date of Document:
14 February 2022
Accessed Date:
22 April 2022
Title:
Note trimestrielle publique sur les tendances de la situation des droits de l'homme au Niger (1 septembre – 31 décembre 2022)
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
26 January 2023
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Niger: Authorities putting rights at risk
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 October 2023
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Report on follow-up to the concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee. Addendum: Evaluation of the information on follow-up to the concluding observations on the Niger
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
28 August 2023
Accessed Date:
9 April 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Niger. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
29 April 2025
Title:
Ordonnance n° 84-33 du 23 août 1984 portant code de la nationalité nigérienne
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Title:
Ordonnance n° 99-17 du 4 juin 1999 portant modification de l'ordonnance n° 84-33 du 23 août 1984 portant Code de la nationalité nigérienne
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Title:
Loi no. 2014-60 du 2014, portant modification de l'ordonnance no. 84-33 du 23 août 1984, portant Code de la nationalité nigérienne, modifiée par l'ordonnance no. 88-13 du février 1988 et l'ordonnance no. 99-17 du 4 juin 1999
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Title:
Niger. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Profiles.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger : Règles de dévolution du nom
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 May 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
About parliament. Niger: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
The Niger Democratic Movement for an African Federation (Mouvement démocratique nigérien pour une fédération africaine, MODEN/FA Lumana AFRICA), including its structure, leaders and activities; the party's membership cards, including a description of the card and its issuance process; the treatment of party members by the authorities (2013-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 February 2015
Accessed Date:
27 September 2016
Title:
The Attempted Coup in Niger: Avoiding Armed Conflict
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
7 August 2023
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Fact Sheet: Military Coup in Niger
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
3 August 2023
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
FGM in Niger: Short Report
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
COI Query Response. Niger: Situation of women without support network in Niger.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum
Date of Document:
14 August 2023
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
Child Marriage in the Sub-Saharan Africa: the Case of Niger
Date of Document:
1 December 2020
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic reports of the Niger
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 February 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
Title:
Boko Haram, the Islamic State, and the Surge in Female Abductions in Southeastern Niger
Source:
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Date of Document:
February 2021
Author:
Elizabeth Pearson; Jacob Zenn
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Que dit la loi sur les modes d'acquisition de la propriété foncière pour la femme au Niger
Date of Document:
23 March 2021
Author:
Rabi Assoumane Hamani
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by the Niger under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2022
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
30 March 2023
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Niger for Efforts to Remove Barriers to Women's Rights, Ask About Measures to Eradicate Child Forced Marriages and Increase Girls' Participation in Education
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 January 2024
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Gender-Based Violence. Secondary Data Review
Source:
Social Development Direct
Date of Document:
3 January 2023
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
USAID/Niger Gender Analysis Report
Source:
Banyan Global; United States Agency for International Development
Date of Document:
5 October 2022
Author:
Emilie Greenhalgh-Stammer et al.
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
La crise alimentaire au Niger, un frein à l'émancipation et aux droits des femmes
Source:
Gender in Geopolitics Institute
Date of Document:
14 December 2023
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Women's Lives under Islamic State in Niger's Tillabery. Africa Briefing N°200.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
24 August 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger : 2023 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Source:
United States. Department of Labor
Date of Document:
5 September 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
The situation of sexual minorities, including legislation; treatment of sexual minorities by society and the authorities; protection provided to sexual minorities who are victims of violence (2015-September 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2017
Accessed Date:
27 September 2017
Title:
Niger. Laws on us: A Global Overview of Legal Progress and Backtracking on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2024
Page Numbers:
42; 72; 100
Author:
Dhia Rezki Rohaizad et al.
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Niger: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Niger.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
23 January 2025
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Insecurity in Niger in the wake of the junta's rise to power: A persistent and growing challenge
Source:
The International Peace Information Service
Date of Document:
3 December 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Sidelining the Islamic State in Niger's Tillabery. Africa Report N°289.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 June 2020
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Managing Trafficking in Northern Niger. Africa Report N°285.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 January 2020
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger: Surging Atrocities by Armed Islamist Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
South-western Niger: Preventing a New Insurrection. Africa Report N°301.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 April 2021
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Observatoire de la Gouvernance de Sécurité : Rapport de monitoring n°4
Source:
African Security Sector Network
Date of Document:
December 2023
Author:
Kadidiatou Gazibo et al.
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
The Niger coup has led to a halt in cross‑border law enforcement cooperation against armed banditry in north-west Nigeria
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
November 2023
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
A year after Niger's coup: corruption, violence and human insecurity. What now?
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
8 August 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Update: Regard sur le Systeme Juridique et Judiciaire du Niger
Date of Document:
December 2011
Author:
Bello Mahamadou Boubacar
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
Title:
Les Nigériens soutiennent le respect des lois et tribunaux, mais une bonne partie perçoit des traitements inéquitables devant la justice
Source:
Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherches sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local et al.
Date of Document:
4 November 2021
Author:
Hamani Oumarou et al.
Accessed Date:
13 April 2022
Title:
Information received from the Niger on follow-up to the concluding observations on its initial report
Code:
CAT/C/NER/FCO/1/Add.1
Date of Document:
19 January 2022
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by the Niger under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
5 May 2022
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Besoins et satisfaction en matière de justice au Niger 2023 : Problèmes de justice dans la vie quotidienne
Source:
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law
Author:
Manon Huchet-Bodet et al.
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Niger. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Democratic Recession and its Impact on Media Freedom: Case Studies from Five Countries in West Africa
Source:
Media Foundation for West Africa
Date of Document:
December 2023
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
Niger. Report on digital freedoms in French-speaking African countries
Source:
France. Agence Française de Développement.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Olivier Alais et al.
Accessed Date:
18 April 2024
Title:
Niger: Prominent Civil Society Activist Arbitrarily Arrested
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 December 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Report on International Religious Freedom for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
8 June 2021
Accessed Date:
13 April 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Niger. The Indigenous World 2020.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
Saidou Garba Bachir; Patrick Kulesza
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
Title:
Niger. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on her mission to the Niger
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 May 2018
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his visit to the Niger
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 May 2019
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
Title:
Niger: Coup reverses 2015 human smuggling ban amid major political and security upheaval
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
June 2024
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
République du Niger. Analyse de Protection : Mise à jour des tendances en matière de conflits et de risques de protection liés à l'insécurité.
Source:
Global Protection Cluster
Date of Document:
August 2024
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 April 2024:
Title:
Niger. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
24 April 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niger/
Accessed Date:
29 April 2024
Title:
Le régime nigérien de sécurité sociale
Source:
France. Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale.
URL:
https://www.cleiss.fr/docs/regimes/regime_niger.html
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Niger. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/niger/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Niger. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2024.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 April 2024
Title:
Niger. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/niger
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Niger. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Niger.html
Accessed Date:
29 April 2024
Title:
Niger: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/niger/
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Niger.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
29 April 2022
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/07a86323-3cf3-4030-92f9-1ca2e470f25e
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Niger. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/niger
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Niger. World Press Freedom Index 2023.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/niger
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Niger. Report on International Religious Freedom for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Niger: Analyse de Protection
Source:
Global Protection Cluster
Date of Document:
November 2023
URL:
https://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/protection_analysis_update_niger_novembre_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
Niger. Aperçu des besoins humanitaires 2023.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
6 January 2023
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/8b623f0f-1124-4540-80ae-961b4920b4ea/ner_hno_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Niger : Situation sécuritaire dans la région de Tillabéri
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 July 2023
URL:
https://ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2307_ner_situation_securitaire_tillaberi_159690_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 April 2024
Title:
Niger. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
20 April 2024
URL:
https://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/niger.htm
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Rapport du Rapporteur spécial sur les droits à la liberté de réunion pacifique et à la liberté d'association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, sur sa visite au Niger
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
24 June 2022
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/fr/A/HRC/50/23/ADD.2
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Second periodic report submitted by the Niger under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 1994
Date of Document:
23 March 2018
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/NER/2
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Niger
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
16 May 2019
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/NER/CO/2
Accessed Date:
3 September 2019
Title:
La loi fixant les droits et devoirs des défenseurs des droits de l'homme au Niger
Date of Document:
15 June 2022
URL:
https://ishr.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Loi-fixant-les-droits-et-les-devoirs-des-defenseurs-des-droits-de-lHomme-au-Niger-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Snapshot of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems of Niger
Source:
International Development Research Centre. Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems.
URL:
https://idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/795eaf31-04e1-4ee6-94df-606554eb4338/content
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Arrêt N° 19/CC/ME du 27 février 2021
Source:
Niger. Cour constitutionnelle.
Date of Document:
27 February 2021
URL:
http://cour-constitutionnelle-niger.org/documents/arrets/matiere_electorale/2021/arret_n_019_21_cc_me.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Arrêt N° 23/CC/ME du 21 mars 2021
Source:
Niger. Cour constitutionnelle.
Date of Document:
21 March 2021
URL:
http://cour-constitutionnelle-niger.org/documents/arrets/matiere_electorale/2021/arret_n_023_21_cc_me.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 April 2022
Title:
Niger. Child Marriage Evidence Profiles 2023
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
URL:
https://www.unicef-irc.org/files/documents/d-4311-1123_1_Child%20Marriage%20Evidence%20Profile-%20Niger%20(1).pdf
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of the Niger
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
24 July 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/NER/CO/3-4
Accessed Date:
4 September 2018
Title:
Niger. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
URL:
https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Our_Identities_Under_Arrest_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 April 2024
Title:
Niger and Boko Haram: Beyond Counter-insurgency. Africa Report N°245.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 February 2017
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/niger/245-niger-and-boko-haram-beyond-counter-insurgency
Accessed Date:
28 April 2022
Title:
Sidelining the Islamic State in Niger's Tillabery. Africa Report N°289.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 June 2020
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/289-sidelining-islamic-state-nigers-tillabery
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
Title:
Managing Trafficking in Northern Niger. Africa Report N°285.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 January 2020
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/285-managing-trafficking-northern-niger
Accessed Date:
3 February 2021
Title:
Niger: Surging Atrocities by Armed Islamist Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/11/niger-surging-atrocities-armed-islamist-groups
Accessed Date:
13 April 2022
Title:
South-western Niger: Preventing a New Insurrection. Africa Report N°301.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 April 2021
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/301-sud-ouest-du-niger-prevenir-un-nouveau-front-insurrectionnel
Accessed Date:
13 April 2022
Title:
Niger. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/assets/downloads/2023/english/ocindex_profile_niger_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
Information received from the Niger on follow-up to the concluding observations on its initial report
Code:
CAT/C/NER/FCO/1/Add.1
Date of Document:
19 January 2022
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/NER/FCO/1/Add.1
Accessed Date:
13 April 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by the Niger under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
5 May 2022
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CED/C/NER/CO/1
Accessed Date:
3 May 2023
Title:
Niger. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/niger
Accessed Date:
13 April 2022
Title:
Niger: Regional Migration and Gold Mining Consolidate as Smuggling to Libya stagnates
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
July 2023
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Alice-Fereday-Niger-Regional-migration-and-gold-mining-consolidate-as-smuggling-to-Libya-stagnates-GI-TOC-July-2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 April 2024
Title:
Niger: New Terrorism Database Threatens Rights
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
30 September 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/30/niger-new-terrorism-database-threatens-rights
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Niger. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 December 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/niger
Accessed Date:
17 April 2025
Title:
Niger: Authorities putting rights at risk
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 October 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/niger-authorities-putting-rights-at-risk/
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
The Attempted Coup in Niger: Avoiding Armed Conflict
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
7 August 2023
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/tentative-de-coup-detat-au-niger-eviter-la-confrontation-armee
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
Fact Sheet: Military Coup in Niger
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
3 August 2023
URL:
https://acleddata.com/2023/08/03/fact-sheet-military-coup-in-niger/
Accessed Date:
26 April 2024
Title:
FGM in Niger: Short Report
Date of Document:
February 2020
URL:
https://www.fgmcri.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Niger/niger_short_report_v1_(february_2020).pdf
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Civilians Facing Insecurity in Niger's Tillabéri Region
Source:
Center for Civilians in Conflict
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://civiliansinconflict.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CIVIC_Tillaberi_Report-EN_Web-Rev.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger : Point de situation sécuritaire sur l'année 2023
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 May 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2404_ner_point_de_situation_securitaire_2023_162656.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
21 January 2025
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12464
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Violence against health care in conflict 2023
Source:
Insecurity Insight
Date of Document:
22 August 2024
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/87b9073b-a380-4a9f-9daa-3b518a573499/2021-2023-SHCC-Niger.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Public health situation analysis (PHSA)
Source:
Heath Cluster; United Nations. World Heath Organization.
Date of Document:
21 January 2025
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/47a0ab24-fd04-4e59-b014-b357e29de5c1/PHSA%20Niger%20210125%20FINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Note de monitoring de protection
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
11 December 2024
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/262b87f5-caba-4fad-95d5-2d67286d0536/Note%20R%C3%A9gionale%20de%20Monitoring%20de%20Protection%20N%C2%B07%20_%20Nov%202024.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Newly restructured, the Islamic State in the Sahel aims for regional expansion
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data
Date of Document:
30 September 2024
URL:
https://acleddata.com/2024/09/30/newly-restructured-the-islamic-state-in-the-sahel-aims-for-regional-expansion/
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
Title:
Niger: Rights in Free Fall a Year After Coup
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 July 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/07/niger-rights-in-free-fall-a-year-after-coup/
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Profiles.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
December 2017
URL:
https://data.unicef.org/crvs/niger/
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger : Règles de dévolution du nom
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 May 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2405_ner_regles_de_devolution_du_nom_162301_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic reports of the Niger
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
20 February 2024
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/NER/CO/5
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Women's Lives under Islamic State in Niger's Tillabery. Africa Briefing N°200.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
24 August 2024
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/b200-womens-lives-under-islamic-state-nigers-tillabery
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger : 2023 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Source:
United States. Department of Labor
Date of Document:
5 September 2024
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/niger
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Laws on us: A Global Overview of Legal Progress and Backtracking on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2024
Page Numbers:
42; 72; 100
Author:
Dhia Rezki Rohaizad et al.
URL:
https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Laws_On_Us_2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Insecurity in Niger in the wake of the junta's rise to power: A persistent and growing challenge
Source:
The International Peace Information Service
Date of Document:
3 December 2024
URL:
https://ipisresearch.be/weekly-briefing/insecurity-in-niger-in-the-wake-of-the-juntas-rise-to-power-a-persistent-and-growing-challenge/
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Sidelining the Islamic State in Niger's Tillabery. Africa Report N°289.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 June 2020
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/289-sidelining-islamic-state-nigers-tillabery
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Managing Trafficking in Northern Niger. Africa Report N°285.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 January 2020
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/285-managing-trafficking-northern-niger
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger: Surging Atrocities by Armed Islamist Groups
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/11/niger-surging-atrocities-armed-islamist-groups
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
South-western Niger: Preventing a New Insurrection. Africa Report N°301.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 April 2021
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/sahel/niger/301-sud-ouest-du-niger-prevenir-un-nouveau-front-insurrectionnel
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/assets/downloads/2023/english/ocindex_profile_niger_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
A year after Niger's coup: corruption, violence and human insecurity. What now?
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
8 August 2024
URL:
https://ti-defence.org/niger-coup-2024-corruption-military-defence-security-insecurity/
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Information received from the Niger on follow-up to the concluding observations on its initial report
Code:
CAT/C/NER/FCO/1/Add.1
Date of Document:
19 January 2022
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/NER/FCO/1/Add.1
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by the Niger under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
5 May 2022
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CED/C/NER/CO/1
Accessed Date:
22 April 2025
Title:
Niger: Prominent Civil Society Activist Arbitrarily Arrested
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 December 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/09/niger-prominent-civil-society-activist-arbitrarily-arrested
Accessed Date:
1 April 2025
Title:
Niger: Coup reverses 2015 human smuggling ban amid major political and security upheaval
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
June 2024
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Alice-Fereday-Niger-Coup-reverses-2015-human-smuggling-ban-amid-major-political-and-security-upheaval-GI-TOC-June-2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 April 2025
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