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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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NIGERIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Nigéria. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
August 2014
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
Causes of internal displacement in and around Nigeria
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
April 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; country overview; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; map; statistics
Title:
2006 Population and Housing Census of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Source:
Nigeria. National Population Commission.
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Keywords:
country overview; statistics
Source:
Independent National Electoral Commission
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Title:
Nigeria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
10 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Situation of the communications infrastructure in Nigeria
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
country overview; Internet
Title:
Nigeria: Current Issues and U.S. Policy
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
11 March 2016
Author:
Lauren Ploch Blanchard; Tomas F. Husted
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
The Local Government System in Nigeria. Commonwealth Local Government Handbook 2015/16.
Source:
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Women fearing gender-based harm or violence. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) and surrounding region – Update II
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Sexual orientation and gender identity.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; international guidance note; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Languages of Nigeria
Source:
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth Edition.
Publisher:
Dallas, Texas: SIL International
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
24 December 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Fear of Boko Haram. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; police efficacy; political opposition; religion; torture
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Trafficking of women. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Security and Governance in North-East Nigeria
Editor:
Hussaini Abdu; Chigozirim Okoro
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Prison conditions. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
21 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Nigeria: traitement du VIH/sida.
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
26 March 2014
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
children; gender equality; institutional efficacy; sexual minorities; social services; statistics
Title:
Federal Republic of Nigeria. Global AIDS Response: Country Progress Report. Nigeria GARPR 2015.
Source:
Nigeria. National Agency for the Control of AIDS.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 December 2013
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Treatment of persons living with HIV/AIDS by society and authorities, including legislation, support services, and state protection; medical and health services available to persons living with HIV/AIDS
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; social services
Title:
Nigeria. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Too Many to Count? Human Rights, Justice and Accountability in Nigeria 2013. Country Visit Report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria.
Source:
United Kingdom. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria.
Date of Document:
November 2013
Accessed Date:
27 November 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; legal system; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Nigeria. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
North-eastern Nigeria and Conflict's Humanitarian Fallout?
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria – COI compilation
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
21 November 2016
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter III: Citizenship. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Accessed Date:
23 November 2016
Title:
Passports, including whether passports from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are issued in Nigeria; information included in the passport; security measures to detect passport fraud; procedures for issuing passports within Nigeria...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 November 2015
Accessed Date:
24 November 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; document fraud; identity documents; nationality
Title:
Federal driver's licence authority; requirements and procedures to obtain and renew a federal driver's licence in the old and new licence systems; differences in obtaining and renewing a driver's licence between 2007 and January 2012...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The e-passport and the machine-readable passport (MRP); procedures to obtain an e-passport through the Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa; requirements and procedures to replace a lost or stolen passport; distinguishing features indicating whether...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 February 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Sample of the Nigerian International Driving Permit (IDP)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 August 2011
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; police/security forces
Title:
The death registration process, including the process to obtain a death certificate
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 September 2009
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; religion
Title:
Whether Nigerian citizenship can be regained after renunciation, including requirements and procedures (2012-May 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 May 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Title:
Process to obtain a death certificate from the National Population Commission (NPC), including persons entitled to obtain one, the documents that must be submitted, the cost, and the time required to issue the certificate
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 March 2011
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; medical records; religion
Title:
National Identity Cards, including implementation of the National Identity Card Policy, requirements and procedures, security features, uses, and whether the card is mandatory
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 October 2015
Accessed Date:
13 November 2015
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents
Title:
False documents available in Nigeria and from Nigeria
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
document fraud; government corruption; identity documents; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Requirements and procedures an adult must fulfill to obtain a birth certificate, including for those who apply from within the country and abroad
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The document entitled 'Lagos State Government - Medical Certificate of Cause of Death,' including a sample; issuing authority and process for obtaining the document; whether a hospital stamps the document when issued (2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
medical records
Title:
Emergency Travel Certificates issued by the Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa, including procedures and requirements to obtain said Certificate, and security features; whether applicants who have no documentation can obtain an Emergency...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2015
Accessed Date:
17 November 2015
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The procedure for obtaining a passport of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from within Canada (2012-August 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 August 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
identity documents; institutional efficacy
Title:
Integrating Services to Scale Up Birth Registration in Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Children's Fund.
Date of Document:
28 May 2014
Author:
Rabiu Musa; Geoffrey Njoku
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
children; identity documents
Title:
Whether Nigeria issues international driver's licences; if so, information on the issuing authority and the procedure for obtaining one (2008-2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 February 2011
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; police/security forces
Title:
Nigeria. Using RapidSMS for Birth Registration.
Source:
United Nations. Children's Fund.
Date of Document:
17 October 2012
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
identity documents; institutional efficacy
Title:
Nigeria Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
The Nigerian National Identity Card Policy
Source:
Nigeria. National Identity Management Commission.
Accessed Date:
18 November 2013
Keywords:
identity documents; legislation
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a voter card; information on voter cards, including appearance, features; issuing authority and place of issuance (2012-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 May 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Whether it is required by hospitals in Lagos State to list the father on a birth certificate or whether the name of the father can be left blank (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 October 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Prevalence of fraudulent national identity cards; state efforts in response, including effectiveness (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 — Nigeria Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
9 July 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
country overview; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Nigeria's 2015 Elections and the Boko Haram Crisis
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
8 March 2015
Author:
Lauren Ploch Blanchard
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Nigeria. Election for President (President) of 28 March 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
country overview; election; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Buhari's Nigeria: Boko Haram Off Balance, but Other Troubles Surge
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 May 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. House of Representatives.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
17 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
17 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Nigeria. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Human Trafficking of Nigerian Women to Europe
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
24 March 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Domestic violence, including Lagos State; legislation, recourse, state protection and services available to victims (2011-October 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
crime; domestic violence; gender-based violence; legislation; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), including ethnic groups in which FGM is prevalent; available state protection
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 July 2010
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
female genital mutilation
Title:
Divorce law and practices among Christians, including grounds, procedures, length of process, property dispositions, child custody and consequences for the woman and her family
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
Divorce law and practices among Muslims, including grounds, procedures, length of process, property dispositions, child custody and consequences for the woman and her family
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
Prevalence of forced marriage, particularly in Muslim and Yoruba communities; information on legislation, including state protection; ability of women to refuse a forced marriage
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
gender equality; marriage
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria - Sex trafficking of women.
Source:
European Asylum Support Office
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
17 November 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; map; organized crime; religion; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Whether women who head their own households, without male or family support, can obtain housing and employment in large northern cities, such as Kano, Maiduguri, and Kaduna, and southern cities, such as Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt; government...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; marriage; sexual violence; social services
Title:
CORI Thematic Report, Nigeria: Gender and Age
Source:
Country of Origin Research Information
Date of Document:
December 2012
Accessed Date:
18 November 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; corruption; domestic violence; election; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; identity documents; legal system; legislation; marriage; medical records; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Ritual whereby a widow drinks the water used to clean her husband's corpse; consequences for a widow's refusal to drink the water; whether a widow's refusal is interpreted by others as responsibility for her husband's death
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender equality; marriage
Title:
Whether parents can refuse female genital mutilation for their daughters; protection available to the child
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; female genital mutilation; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; penal system; statistics
Title:
Whether Yoruba and Ibo cleansing rituals for women in their thirties include circumcision in the states of Ogun, Niger, Anambra, and Adamawa; whether women who have been accused of killing a family member through witchcraft would be circumcised...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 April 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
female genital mutilation
Title:
Children and Armed Conflict: Report of the Secretary-General
Code:
A/70/836 – S/2016/360
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly; Security Council.
Date of Document:
20 April 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Gender in Nigeria. Data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).
Source:
Nigeria. National Population Commission.
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; female genital mutilation; gender-based violence; marriage; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
“Those Terrible Weeks in Their Camp” Boko Haram Violence Against Women and Girls in Northeast Nigeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
October 2014
Accessed Date:
26 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; map; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence
Title:
Prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) among the Urhobo, including the consequences for refusing to undergo this procedure, particularly pregnant women; state protection available (2014-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 March 2015
Accessed Date:
13 November 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; religion; social services
Title:
Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015.
Date of Document:
25 May 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender-based violence; legislation; sexual violence
Title:
Nigeria's Displaced Women and Girls: Humanitarian Community at Odds, Boko Haram's Survivors Forsaken
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC)
Date of Document:
21 April 2016
Author:
Francisca Vigaud-Walsh
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteurs on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on contemporary forms of slavery...
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Application and enforcement of the May 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) (May 2015-January 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 January 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Situation of single women living alone in Abuja, including ability to access employment and housing; threat of violence; support services available to them (2015 - June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Whether women are prevented from seeing Oro ceremonies in Imota and Ikorodu regions; whether there are consequences for seeing an Oro ceremony, including death (2014-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Whether there are Yoruba ritual practices where a wife must have sexual relations with her father-in-law while pregnant with her first child to ensure a long life for the father-in-law, husband, and child; consequences for refusal; options to obtain ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 August 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) chez les femmes Urhobo
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 March 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nigeria
Date of Document:
March 2016
Author:
Malé, Chata; Wodon, Quentin.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Oaths and rituals for infidelity among Yoruba Christians in Lagos; consequences for refusal; state protection (2014-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 March 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), including ethnic groups in which FGM is prevalent, particularly in Lagos State and within the Edo ethnic group; consequences for refusal; availability of state protection; the ability of a family ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria: Officials Abusing Displaced Women, Girls
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
31 October 2016
Accessed Date:
21 November 2016
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services; the safety of sexual minorities living in Lagos and Abuja (February 2012-October 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2015
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
freedom of expression; human rights activists; Internet; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Nigeria. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria (2nd cycle)
Source:
ARC International
Date of Document:
20 March 2014
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
gender equality; legal system; legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
legislation; marriage; sexual minorities
Title:
Nigeria: Anti-LGBT Law Threatens Basic Rights
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 January 2014
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; legislation; marriage; sexual minorities
Title:
Nigeria: Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act. Briefing.
Source:
Kaleidoscope Trust
Date of Document:
January 2014
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; religion; sexual minorities
Title:
Information on how bisexuality is understood and perceived in Nigeria; whether bisexuality is distinguished from both male and female homosexuality (2014-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2015
Accessed Date:
25 November 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; extralegal executions/killings; legal system; legislation; marriage; police corruption; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria's Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression.
Date of Document:
29 June 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet; legislation; police efficacy; political organizations; sexual minorities
Title:
Nigeria. Criminalisation of Homosexuality.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Whether a Commissioner of Oaths or a notary public would notarize a statement or swear an affidavit in which an individual admits to being bisexual or homosexual, or to knowing of someone's sexual orientation; documentation taken by police upon ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 January 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Status of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nigeria
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
9 June 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
“Tell Me Where I Can Be Safe” - The Impact Nigeria's Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 October 2016
Accessed Date:
21 November 2016
Title:
Police procedures for investigation and pursuit of individuals for same-sex activity, including documentation; whether police issue warrants of arrest or reports listing the charges and penalties brought against that person; whether a person who ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Whether lawyers or barristers notarize a statement or swear an affidavit in which an individual admits to being bisexual or homosexual, or to knowing of someone's sexual orientation (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Nigeria (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Curbing Violence in Nigeria (I): The Jos Crisis. Africa Report No. 196.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
17 December 2012
Accessed Date:
18 November 2013
Keywords:
conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; religion
Title:
Kidnapping for ransom, including frequency, profile of victims and kidnappers; response by authorities (2013-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 July 2014
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; extremist/terrorist organizations; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Mitigating Radicalism in Northern Nigeria. Africa Security Brief No. 26.
Source:
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
August 2013
Author:
Michael Olufemi Sodipo
Accessed Date:
18 November 2013
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; map; religion
Title:
Nigeria: At Least 1,000 Civilians Dead Since January
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 March 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police efficacy; political opposition; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Nigeria: Corruption and Insecurity
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
21 May 2014
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces
Title:
“They Set the Classrooms on Fire”: Attacks on Education in Northeast Nigeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria Corruption Report
Source:
GAN Integrity Solutions Business Anti-Corruption Portal
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
corruption; government corruption; judicial corruption; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Nigeria. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report: Abuja.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 April 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Prevalence of ritual murder and human sacrifice; police and state response (2009-2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; disappeared persons; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; religion
Title:
Nigeria: Boko Haram
Source:
Austria. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
1 October 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; internal displacement; police/security forces; religion; torture
Title:
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Frequently Asked Questions
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
29 March 2016
Author:
Lauren Ploch Blanchard
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Beyond the Rhetoric
Source:
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; organized crime; political activities; religion
Title:
Curbing Violence in Nigeria (II): The Boko Haram Insurgency. Africa Report No. 216.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 April 2014
Accessed Date:
10 June 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; government corruption; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; nationality; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Situation in Nigeria. Article 5 Report.
Source:
International Criminal Court. The Office of the Prosecutor.
Date of Document:
5 August 2013
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; country overview; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; indigenous groups; organized crime; police/security forces; religion; torture
Title:
Nigeria: The Community Turns Against Boko Haram
Source:
United Nations. Integrated Regional Information Networks.
Date of Document:
11 August 2014
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; police/security forces; political activities; religion
Title:
Boko Haram : un an sous état d'urgence
Source:
Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security
Date of Document:
3 June 2014
Author:
Priscilla Sadatchy
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; map; political activities; political opposition; religion; statistics
Title:
Aux origines de la secte Boko Haram
Source:
Centre tricontinental
Date of Document:
12 May 2014
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Boko Haram on the Back Foot? Crisis Group Africa Briefing Nº120.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 May 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
CFR Backgrounders: Boko Haram
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
5 March 2015
Author:
Mohammed Aly Sergie; Toni Johnson
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police efficacy; political opposition; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
The Black Axe confraternity, also known as the Neo-Black Movement of Africa, including their rituals, oaths of secrecy, and use of symbols or particular signs; whether they use force to recruit individuals (2009-November 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2012
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; organized crime; police efficacy
Title:
Nigeria's Interminable Insurgency? Addressing the Boko Haram Crisis
Date of Document:
September 2014
Author:
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police efficacy; political opposition; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
'Our Job is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill': Boko Haram's Reign of Terror in North-East Nigeria.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
13 April 2015
Accessed Date:
6 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police efficacy; political opposition; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Upsurge in Boko Haram violence: A timeline
Source:
Agence France-Presse
Date of Document:
2 February 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police efficacy; political opposition; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Nigeria. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report: Lagos.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 April 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria: Evidence of corruption and the influence of social norms
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
26 September 2014
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
They're defeating Boko Haram but are they Nigeria's next security threat?
Date of Document:
22 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
The capacity of Boko Haram to pursue individuals who relocate to another region or city, such as Lagos (2013-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 March 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
The Eiye confraternity, including origin, purpose, structure, membership, recruitment methods, activities and areas of operation; state response (2014 - March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 April 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Information on the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), including areas of operation, objectives, and activities; state efforts to respond (2015-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 August 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Système juridique dans le monde: Nigéria
Source:
LegiGlobe. Réseau Francophone de diffusion du droit.
Date of Document:
2 September 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; extremist/terrorist organizations; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation; penal system; trafficking in persons
Title:
Requirements and procedures for the issuance of affidavits; availability of fraudulent affidavits
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 November 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
corruption; document fraud; identity documents; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation
Title:
Nigeria. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
21 November 2016
Title:
Update: Guide to Nigerian Legal Information
Source:
New York University Hauser School of Law. GlobaLex.
Date of Document:
December 2015
Author:
Yemisi Dina et al.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Whether the police in Nigeria detain family members or friends of wanted persons, and, if so, the manner in which they are treated; whether this includes persons wanted for breaking laws related to same-sex sexual conduct (2013-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 August 2015
Accessed Date:
13 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities
Title:
Nigeria: Stars on Their Shoulders. Blood on Their Hands. War Crimes Committed by the Nigerian Military.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 June 2015
Accessed Date:
6 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; religion; torture
Title:
Appearance of police reports, including whether there are uniform characteristics or variance across the country
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 April 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
police report; police/security forces
Title:
Procedures for obtaining, from abroad, a copy of a complaint lodged with the police; whether the police report can be obtained by a proxy
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 March 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Whether the police force has a national computer network for information sharing; nature and extent of communication between police offices across the country; whether police offices in different states are obligated to report to each other...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 May 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
police/security forces
Title:
Complaints mechanisms available for cases of police misconduct, including effectiveness (2013-October 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; police corruption; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; statistics; torture
Title:
“Welcome to Hell Fire”: Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 September 2014
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; warrants
Title:
Nigeria: Unearthing The Truth: Unlawful Killings And Mass Cover-Up In Zaria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 April 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria: The Challenge of Military Reform. Africa Report Nº237.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
6 June 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Why Nigeria's military make bad aid workers
Date of Document:
5 July 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Governance, Accountability, and Security in Nigeria
Source:
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
21 June 2016
Author:
Oluwakemi Okenyodo
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Understanding the Informal Security Sector in Nigeria
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
15 September 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Availability and effectiveness of state and police response in both urban and rural areas of southern Nigeria, for people who refuse to participate in ritual practices (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. Media Sustainability Index 2012.
Source:
International Research and Exchange Board – IREX
Date of Document:
August 2013
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
country overview; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet; statistics
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Common types of social media networks and websites in Nigeria, including whether there are some that are only accessible from within Nigeria
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom on the Net 2016.
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria targets independent newspapers
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
12 June 2014
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Nigeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
The role of the Chief Priest of the town of Umunede, Delta State, including traditional religious beliefs and practices, preparation for initiation, initiation rites and succession to the office; information on the names of current and past...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 October 2015
Accessed Date:
17 November 2015
Title:
Whether each state has a ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
institutional efficacy
Title:
Nigeria. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Situation of Christians, including those living in northern cities, Lagos and Abuja; state protection (2011-October 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 November 2015
Accessed Date:
25 November 2015
Title:
Treatment of Christians who relocate from northern parts of Nigeria by people in Port Harcourt [Rivers State]; whether they face linguistic, economic and social difficulties (2012-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; labour; religion; social services
Title:
Whether mosques communicate with each other, particularly regarding fatwas; if so, the formal and informal means of communication
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 October 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
Internet; religion
Title:
Treatment of Christians who convert to Islam; treatment of Muslims who convert to Christianity; information on state protection for mistreated religious converts
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; indigenous groups; legal system; marriage; minorities; religion; statistics; torture; tribes/clans
Title:
Social attitudes toward religious intermarriage; treatment of intermarried couples and their children by society and the authorities; protection and services available to intermarried couples
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; indigenous groups; marriage; religion
Title:
Prevalence of ritual practices, such as human sacrifice and the drinking of blood, upon initiation to chieftaincy or during chieftaincy in Yorubaland; state reaction to ritual practices in chieftaincy, especially the respective state ministries...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
corruption; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; tribes/clans
Title:
Consequences for a person to refuse a chief priest or fetish priest position for which they have been selected in south and central Nigeria
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 July 2010
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; organized crime; religion; trafficking in persons
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Whether a member of an ethnic group can be identified by physical characteristics, manner of dress, or by any other means; obstacles faced when relocating to Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; indigenous groups; internal displacement; tribes/clans
Title:
Nigeria. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Paige Wilhite Jennings
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák. Mission to Nigeria (17 to 28 February 2014).
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
5 January 2015
Accessed Date:
17 November 2015
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; labour; minorities; nationality; religion; social services
Title:
The practice of tribal markings on male children, including groups that engage in the practice; whether the parents of a child can refuse to have the practice carried out, including consequences of such a refusal; state protection available (2012-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Ogboni society, including its history, structure, rituals and ceremonies; information on membership and the consequences of refusing to join
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
corruption; crime; institutional efficacy; minorities; organized crime; political activities; political organizations; religion
Title:
The Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (ROF), including the nature of its belief system and its purpose; whether membership is compulsory, especially for children of members, and consequences for refusing to join the ROF; whether positions within the ROF...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 April 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
political organizations; religion
Title:
Consequences for a Yoruba individual who refuses a chieftaincy title; protection available to those who refuse
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; tribes/clans
Title:
Nigeria: Herders and farmers Clash Over Land
Source:
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Date of Document:
19 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria's deadly battle for land: Herdsmen v farmers
Source:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
La situation des albinos au Nigeria
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 March 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Situation of the Eggon ethnic group, including treatment by society, armed groups and state authorities (2011-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Situation and treatment of members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), including arrest and prosecution; whether the Nigeria Police Force pursue people who use bribes to flee detention and who have ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 July 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria: Killing of unarmed pro-Biafra supporters by military must be urgently investigated
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 June 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Clashes between the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and the Nigerian Army (NA) in Zaria, Kaduna State between Saturday 12th and Monday 14th December 2015.
Source:
Kaduna State Government. Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Zaria Clashes.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Sociétés secrètes traditionnelles et confraternités étudiantes au Nigeria
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 February 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Les chefferies traditionnelles au Nigeria
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 February 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including objectives, structure, activities, relations with other Biafran independence groups, and treatment by authorities (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Nigeria. Multiple displacement crises overshadowed by Boko Haram.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Date of Document:
9 December 2014
Accessed Date:
4 November 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; children; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; map; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Boko Haram's terror ripples through the region
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
16 April 2015
Accessed Date:
4 November 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; children; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; map; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Displacement Tracking Matrix. Round 11 Report.
Source:
International Organization for Migration. Government of Nigeria.
Date of Document:
31 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
North East Nigeria: Vulnerability screening report: Round II
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Date of Document:
23 June 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Nigeria. ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
4 November 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 November 2016:
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=252715
Accessed Date:
18 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
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