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On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide:
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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.
On
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Jurisprudential Guide.
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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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Jurisprudential Guide.
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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.
Revoked
The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
On
July 20, 2017, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being
Jurisprudential Guides.
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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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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
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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:
EASO COI Meeting Report: Nigeria
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Nigeria. Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Rapport de mission en République fédérale du Nigeria du 9 au 21 septembre 2016
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 May 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
General Country of Origin Information Report: Nigeria
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Nigeria
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Medical treatment and healthcare. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
2.3 Nigeria Road Network; 2.3.1 Nigeria Seme Land Border Crossing; 2.3.2 Nigeria Ngala Land Border Crossing; 2.3.3 Nigeria Katsina Land Border Crossing. Logistics Capacity Assessment.
Source:
United Nations. World Food Programme.
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Actors of Protection.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
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:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Targeting of Individuals.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and to open a bank account; extent to which SIM card and banking information is available to third parties, including authorities and elected politicians (2018-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 February 2019
Accessed Date:
4 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
11 April 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Nigeria. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
14 November 2019
Title:
Nigeria. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
8 March 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Security Situation. Version 1.1.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Key socio-economic indicators.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
12 December 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, on her visit to Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
3 January 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan 2023
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Actors of protection. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria. Situation Report.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
20 April 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018
Source:
Federal Republic of Nigeria. National Population Commission; ICF. Demographic and Health Surveys Program.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
27 November 2020
Title:
The socio-economic situation, including demographics, employment rates, economic sectors, and crime rates, as well as access to education, health care and housing, particularly for the cities of Lagos, Ibadan and Benin City (2018–November 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2020
Accessed Date:
25 November 2020
Title:
Mental health services available; treatment of persons with mental illness by society and by the authorities; state protection, including recourse and complaints mechanisms available in cases of abuse; public health care availability particularly in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt (2018–November 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2022
Accessed Date:
28 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Situation sécuritaire dans l'Etat de Kaduna (2016-2019)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
4 October 2019
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
COI Focus. Nigeria. Situation sécuritaire dans le nord-est.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
20 November 2020
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
4 April 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Cell phone data and the protection of personal information provided to cell phone companies; ability of non-state actors to access cell phone data, including through the police (2019–March 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 April 2021
Accessed Date:
16 June 2021
Title:
Labor Force Statistics: Unemployment and Underemployment Report
Source:
Nigeria. National Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Focus Nigeria : Profil de la zone Sud-Est
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
5 March 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Country of origin information report Nigeria
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
23 June 2021
Title:
Land transfers, including land rights, land registration, requirements, and procedures to transfer land, official land transfer documents, and fraud in land transfers; land inheritance, including legislation (2019–February 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 May 2022
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2021
Source:
Insecurity Insight
Date of Document:
11 July 2022
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Title:
Assessing the Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Forcibly Displaced Populations: Thematic Brief N°2: The case of Nigeria, June 2021
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
22 June 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
“Between Hunger and the Virus”: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on People Living in Poverty in Lagos, Nigeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 July 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria: iMMAP/DFS COVID-19 Situation Analysis - Humanitarian Operational Environment Annual Report (Feb 2020 - July 2021)
Date of Document:
24 September 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria: Country-wide flooding
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
21 October 2022
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Title:
Multidimensional Security Threats in Nigeria: Drivers, Dynamics & Deficiencies in Response
Source:
Friedrich Erbert Stiftung. Nigeria Office.
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Treatment by society of people living with HIV/AIDS and family members of people living with HIV/AIDS (2020–March 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 April 2022
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1 Fiscal Year (FY) 2023
Source:
United States Agency for International Development
Date of Document:
16 December 2022
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Protection Sector: Northeast Nigeria. 2021 Annual Report.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees et al.
Date of Document:
11 March 2022
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Title:
The socio-economic situation, including demographics, employment rates, economic sectors, and crime rates, as well as access to education, health care and housing, particularly for the cities of Port Harcourt, Abuja, and Kano (2020–May 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 June 2022
Accessed Date:
27 June 2022
Title:
Medical Country of Origin Information Report: Nigeria
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria's Security Situation Analysis Report: An 18 Months Report of Violent Conflicts in Nigeria from the Nextier Violent Conflict Database (January 2021 – December 2021) and (January 2022 – June 2022)
Date of Document:
27 September 2022
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Title:
Humanitarian Situation Overview in Hard-to-Reach Areas: Adamawa and Yobe States | Nigeria (July - September 2022)
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
At a glance: HIV and AIDS in Nigeria
Date of Document:
31 March 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria: “My heart is in pain” - older people's experience of conflict, displacement, and detention in Northeast Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 December 2020
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
National HIV/AIDS Stigma Reduction Strategy
Source:
Nigeria. National Agency for the Control of AIDS.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
HIV and AIDs (Anti-Discrimination) Act, 2014
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on Nigeria in the absence of its second periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
29 August 2019
Accessed Date:
14 November 2019
Title:
Nigeria. World Report 2023: Events of 2022.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Information received from Nigeria on follow-up to the concluding observations on its second periodic report
Date of Document:
11 May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria: People With Mental Health Conditions Chained, Abused
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 November 2019
Accessed Date:
14 November 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on his mission to Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 April 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Compilation on Nigeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/NGA/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
27 August 2018
Accessed Date:
14 November 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/211: Nigeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/NGA/1
Date of Document:
27 August 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Nigeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/NGA/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter III: Citizenship. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Accessed Date:
23 November 2016
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:
Information on whether a non-Nigerian woman married to a Nigerian man can obtain Nigerian citizenship based on their marriage if the marriage is common law, including requirements and procedures (2015-January 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 January 2017
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain an International Driving Permit (IDP); content, appearance and security features of the permit; prevalence of fraudulent IDPs; samples (2019-October 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 November 2021
Accessed Date:
24 November 2021
Title:
Report on citizenship law: Nigeria
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
July 2020
Author:
Bronwen Manby; Solomon Momoh
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a driver's licence; appearance of driver's licenses (2016-November 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2019
Accessed Date:
26 November 2019
Title:
Nigeria and United States: Requirements and procedures to obtain a US visitor's visa from the US Consulate in Abuja, including financial requirements and any special requirements for those travelling with dependents (2015-July 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2019
Accessed Date:
16 January 2020
Title:
Birth and death certificates, including appearance and security features; requirements and procedures to obtain them from within the country or from abroad; prevalence of fraudulent documents (2018–October 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
Title:
Implementation of the National Identity Card (NIC), including roll-out of the National Identification Number (NIN); requirements and procedures to obtain a NIN and NIC; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent NICs (2016-November 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
The Mandatory Use of the National Identification Number Regulations, 2017
Source:
Nigeria. National Identity Management Commission.
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Prevalence of fraudulent documents, including whether genuine documents can be obtained using false information; instances of visa application fraud; document verification practices at the Canadian visa office in Lagos (2016-August 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 August 2018
Accessed Date:
22 November 2018
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:
Information on a Certificate of State of Origin, including purpose of document, issuing and signing authority, and requirements and procedures to obtain the document; information on the appearance of the certificate, including security features ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 January 2017
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a Bank Verification Number (BVN) within the country and from abroad, including verification of identity and collection of biometrics during the registration process; uses of the BVN; instances of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 May 2018
Accessed Date:
19 November 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain an International Driving Permit; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent International Driving Permits (2016-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 October 2018
Accessed Date:
19 November 2018
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
Title:
Update to NGA106383 on requirements and procedures to obtain an E-Passport within the country and from abroad, including collection and verification of biometrics; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent passports (2016–November 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2020
Accessed Date:
26 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Letters issued by the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, Rainbow Refugee Society in Vancouver, The 519 in Toronto, and Welcome Place in Winnipeg (Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council Inc.), including format, appearance, and signatories...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2017
Accessed Date:
27 November 2017
Title:
Passports, including whether the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) name appears on them; the content, appearance, and security features of passports; requirements and procedures for obtaining a passport locally and from abroad; ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 May 2022
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
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
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:
Marriage certificates, including their appearance and security features; requirements and procedure to obtain them from within the country or from abroad; prevalence of fraudulent documents (2018–October 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
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
Title:
Ability to track individuals nationwide through the Bank Verification Number (BVN), ability of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to track individuals across the country (2020-November 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 November 2022
Accessed Date:
29 November 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Nigeria: General Elections 2019. Final Report.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
15 June 2019
Accessed Date:
18 November 2019
Title:
The local government system in Nigeria: Country profile 2019. Commonwealth Local Government Handbook.
Source:
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Accessed Date:
27 November 2020
Title:
Information on the Ogun state assembly elections of April 2015, including reports of pre and post-election violence between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates and election interference by members of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
20 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers
Date of Document:
28 February 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Federal Republic of Nigeria. Election for Nigerian Senate of 23 February 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
30 May 2023
Title:
Federal Republic of Nigeria. Election for Nigerian House of Representatives of February 23, 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
30 May 2023
Title:
The Niger Delta Liberation Front (NDLF), including structure, membership, leadership, activities and areas of operation, currently and between 2005 and 2007; consequences for leaving the group (2005-April 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 April 2018
Accessed Date:
9 November 2018
Title:
The situation and treatment of political opponents, including the People's Democratic Party (PDP), by the authorities and society; state protection (2019–October 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 November 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
First Preliminary Statement. Elections held on schedule, but lack of transparency and operational failures reduced trust in the process and challenged the right to vote.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Fake Civil Society: The Rise of Pro-Government NGOs in Nigeria
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
28 July 2021
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Nigeria. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria: The Law and FGM
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation; protection and support services offered to victims (2016-November 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2019
Accessed Date:
28 November 2019
Title:
“You Pray for Death”: Trafficking of Women and Girls in Nigeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
August 2019
Accessed Date:
14 November 2019
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
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
Title:
Forced marriage, including child marriage; prevalence, related legislation, state protection, support services and the ability to refuse a forced marriage (2016-November 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 November 2019
Accessed Date:
27 November 2019
Title:
“They Betrayed Us”: Women Who Survived Boko Haram Raped, Starved And Detained In Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 May 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Situation and treatment of single women and of women who head their own households, including their ability to live on their own and access housing, income, education, health care, and support services, particularly in Port Harcourt, Abuja, Ibadan ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
Accessed Date:
26 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Trafficking of women. Version 6.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Ritual in which a widow must drink the water used to clean her late husband's corpse; consequences for refusal to drink this water; whether a widow's refusal is interpreted as responsibility for her husband's death; state protection ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 November 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria: Children and young people with disabilities
Source:
Asylum Research Centre; Asylos Research for Asylum
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
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
Title:
Children and armed conflict in Nigeria: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
4 August 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Convicted without Evidence: Elderly Women and Witchcraft Accusations in Contemporary Nigeria
Volume:
Volume 18, Issue 4
Source:
Journal of International Women's Studies
Date of Document:
August 2017
Author:
Friday A. Eboiyehi
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Female genital mutilation (FGM). Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Gender and corruption in Nigeria
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
27 June 2022
Title:
Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015.
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Title:
Nigeria's Displaced Women and Girls: Humanitarian Community at Odds, Boko Haram's Survivors Forsaken
Source:
Refugees International
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:
15 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Rapid Gender Analysis. Northeast Nigeria – Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
Source:
CARE; Plan International
Date of Document:
June 2022
Author:
Fatouma Zara Laouan et al.
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
FGM/C in Nigeria: Key Findings
Source:
28 Too Many; Orchid Project
Date of Document:
March 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
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:
Nigéria : Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF)
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
13 May 2019
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
“Bad Blood” – Perceptions of children born out of conflict-related sexual violence and women and girls associated with Boko Haram in North East Nigeria
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund; International Alert
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
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:
Sexual and gender-based violence/harmful traditional practices against women and girls across Nigeria
Source:
National Human Rights Commission
Date of Document:
13 August 2021
Editor:
Tony Ojukwu; Okay Benedict Agu
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Closing Gaps, Increasing Opportunities: A Diagnostic on Women's Economic Empowerment in Nigeria
Source:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The World Bank
Author:
Julia Vaillant et al.
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Research Report: The impact of COVID-19 on conflict, gender and social exclusion in North East Nigeria
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Family laws in Nigeria, including whether a spouse or former spouse can use family laws to track the location of their minor child if the other spouse relocates with the child to a different area of Nigeria (2017-March 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 April 2020
Accessed Date:
8 July 2020
Title:
Gap between Supply and Demand for Contraceptive Services in Northeast Nigeria
Source:
The Women's Refugee Commission
Date of Document:
May 2020
Author:
Katherine Gambir; Claire Eldred
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
“We dried our tears”: Addressing the toll on children of Northeast Nigeria's conflict
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 May 2020
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
An Analysis of Laws and Policies to Combat Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria
Source:
MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Requirements and procedures for a child to leave the country with one parent (2018–November 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 October 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
Title:
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Nigeria: Is the practice declining? A descriptive analysis of successive demographic and health surveys and multiple indicator cluster surveys (2003–2017)
Source:
Population Council
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
Author:
Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala et al.
Accessed Date:
30 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. 2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
28 September 2022
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Gender and COVID-19 in Nigeria: Violence Against Women and Girls
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights et al.
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Update to NGA200625 on prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), including ethnic groups in which FGM/C is prevalent; ability of parents to refuse FGM/C for their daughter; consequences for refusal; state protection and support ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 October 2021
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria: A harrowing journey: Access to justice for women and girls survivors of rape
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
November 2021
Accessed Date:
30 November 2021
Title:
Nigéria : lois discriminatoires et accès à la justice pour les femmes victimes de violence liée au genre
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
3 November 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
‘No one is listening': Experiences of women with disabilities in Nigeria during COVID-19
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
19 January 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Child Marriage Violates Girls' Rights
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 January 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Gender-based violence in Nigeria during the Covid-19 crisis: The shadow pandemic
Source:
United Nations. UN Women et al.
Date of Document:
4 May 2020
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Research report: Gender relations in Adamawa
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
August 2019
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Research report: Gender relations in Borno
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
August 2019
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
The Prevalence of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Yobe State
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
November 2021
Author:
Amina Salihu; Hadiza Mali Bukar
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
An Inclusive Study on Violence Against Women in Nigeria
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights
Date of Document:
July 2021
Editor:
Ohotuowo Ogbeche et al.
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Anti-LGBTQ vigilante groups, including their objectives, structure, activities, and areas of influence; response of the authorities and state protection (2018–October 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 October 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Social Perception Survey on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons Rights in Nigeria
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights; Vivid Rain
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Title:
Not dancing to their music: The Effects of Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on the lives of LGBT people in Nigeria
Source:
Bisi Alimi Foundation
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
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
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
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:
2022 Report on Human Rights Violations Based on Real or Perceived Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity/Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) in Nigeria
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights et al.
Author:
Oluwaremilekun Makinde
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
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:
The Situation of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nigeria (2014-2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
4 April 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE). Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: On the situation of sexual minorities, with additional information from FFM Nigeria 2019, update of the analysis of sexual minorities of 30.9.2016
Source:
Austria. Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Date of Document:
15 September 2020
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Nigeria. 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:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
The Nature, Extent and Impacts of Conversion Practices in Nigeria
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Human Rights Violations and Mental Health Report based on Real or Perceived Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity of Persons in Nigeria: August 2020 – March 2021
Source:
International Centre for Advocacy on Right to Health
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Treatment of individuals with diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) and their family members by society and authorities, including legislation, state protection and support services; the risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) (2020–November 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 November 2022
Accessed Date:
28 November 2022
Title:
Against ‘the order of nature': Towards the growth of queer lawfare in Nigeria. Queer Lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law.
Editor:
Adrian Jjuuko et al.
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Nigeria: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 July 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
‘Everyone knows somebody who has been kidnapped': Inside Nigeria's banditry epidemic
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
30 January 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
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
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Islamist extremist groups in North East Nigeria. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Corruption in Nigeria: patterns and trends. Second survey on corruption as experienced by the population.
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria: Prioritize Justice for Abuses Against Protesters
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 May 2022
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria: Security Situation
Source:
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Date of Document:
7 June 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume II: Money Laundering.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria: Escalating attacks targeting children endanger right to education
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 December 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption in Nigeria
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Prevalence of ritual killing and human sacrifice; state protection (2019–October 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 November 2021
Accessed Date:
22 November 2021
Title:
Seeking Security and Stability: An Analysis of Security Responses to Farmer-Herder Conflict in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria
Source:
Search for Common Ground; Forum on Farmer and Herder Relations in Nigeria
Date of Document:
16 November 2018
Author:
Chris M.A. Kwaja; Bukola I. Ademola-Adelehin
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, on her visit to Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
16 April 2019
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
The New Normal: Continuity and Boko Haram's Violence in North East Nigeria
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
11 February 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
COI Focus. Nigeria. Situation sécuritaire liée à Boko Haram.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
28 March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria: Insecurity Grips Nation's Capital
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 August 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria Watch: Twelfth Report on Violence in Nigeria 2022
Source:
University of Ibadan. French Institute for Research in Africa. Nigeria Watch.
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Stopping Nigeria's Spiralling Farmer-Herder Violence. Africa Report N°262.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
26 July 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Willingly Unable. ICC Preliminary Examination and Nigeria's Failure to Address Impunity for International Crimes.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 December 2018
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Vigilante Groups and Militias in Southern Nigeria: The Greatest Trick the Devil Played was Convincing Nigerians He Could Protect Them.
Source:
United Nations University. Center for Policy Research.
Author:
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
No Home Field Advantage: The Expansion of Boko Haram's Activity Outside of Nigeria in 2019
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
20 May 2019
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
The Black Axe confraternity [Aiye Confraternity; Ayee], also known as the Neo Black Movement of Africa (NBM), including initiation, rituals, oaths of secrecy, and use of symbols or particular signs; whether they use force to recruit individuals; their treatment of anti-cultists; activities in Canada (2020–November 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 October 2022
Accessed Date:
28 November 2022
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
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:
Managing Vigilantism in Nigeria: A Near-term Necessity. Africa Report N°308.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
21 April 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Conflict Obscuring Criminality: The Crime-Conflict Nexus in Nigeria
Source:
United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
The Harvest of Death: Three Years of Bloody Clashes Between Farmers and Herders in Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 December 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
Fulani herdsmen, including motivations, modus operandi and recruitment methods; raids by Fulani herdsmen in schools in Benin City in October 2016 (2016-August 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 August 2018
Accessed Date:
4 April 2019
Title:
Boko Haram. Country Reports on Terrorism 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Badoo cult, including areas of operation and activities; state response to the group; treatment of Badoo members or alleged members (2016-December 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 January 2020
Accessed Date:
28 July 2020
Title:
Violence in Nigeria's North West: Rolling Back the Mayhem. Africa Report N°288.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
18 May 2020
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria: Populations at Risk
Source:
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Date of Document:
28 February 2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Driving destruction. Cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
January 2023
Author:
Kingsley L. Madueke
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria's Security Vacuum
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria: Rise in Cult Related killings in Rivers state
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 January 2020
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
To defend or harm? Community Militias in Borno State, Nigeria
Source:
Center for Civilians in Conflict
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
After Shekau: Confronting Jihadists in Nigeria's North East. Africa Briefing N°180.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria : Double attaque du 2 octobre 2015 Kuje et Nyanya (région administrative d'Abuja)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
28 April 2020
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Boko Haram and the Islamic State's West Africa Province. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
24 February 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Trafficking in Human Beings.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
An Exit from Boko Haram? Assessing Nigeria's Operation Safe Corridor. Africa Report N°170.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
19 March 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
The Growing Complexity of Farmer-Herder Conflict in West and Central Africa
Source:
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
13 July 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Fear of the Unknown: Religion, Identity, and Conflict in Northern Nigeria
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
27 October 2022
Title:
Ending Nigeria's Herder-Farmer Crisis: The Livestock Reform Plan. Africa Report N°302.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 May 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria's security crises - five different threats
Source:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Date of Document:
19 July 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria's rampant banditry, and some ideas on how to rein it in
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
8 November 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria, First Quarter 2022: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
30 May 2022
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Nigeria.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
21 December 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Exclusive: Nigeria's secret programme to lure top Boko Haram defectors
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
19 August 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Religious, Social and Criminal Groups in Trafficking of Nigerian Girls and Women. The Case of Shrines, 'Ladies'club' and 'Cultist Groups.'
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Criminal Gangs Destabilizing Nigeria's North West
Source:
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
14 December 2021
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
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
Title:
Requirements and procedures for the issuance of affidavits; variations of Oaths Acts among states; availability of fraudulent affidavits (2019–October 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
Accessed Date:
26 November 2021
Title:
Requirement for lawyers to affix stamps on legal documents; validity of documents issued without stamps (2015-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 November 2017
Accessed Date:
29 November 2017
Title:
Update: Guide to Nigerian Legal Information
Date of Document:
August 2020
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Technical Commentary on the Anti-Torture Framework in Nigeria
Date of Document:
1 February 2017
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria Over 15 Years. Policy Brief N°1. The Sharia Courts.
Source:
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Warrants of arrest, including those issued by the High Court of the Delta State; issuance procedures, methods of delivery, description of the document and the information it contains; prevalence of fraudulent warrants of arrest (2014-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 November 2017
Accessed Date:
23 November 2017
Accessed Date:
23 June 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnès Callamard, on her visit to Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 June 2021
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Lawyers, including their bar association and the means of attesting their registration with the bar association, in particular seals and registration numbers, as well as the means of attesting their place of practice (2018–October 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
Title:
Besieged but not relenting: Ensuring fair trials for Nigeria's terrorism suspects
Source:
Institute for Security Studies
Date of Document:
May 2020
Author:
Allan Ngari; Akinola Olojo
Accessed Date:
12 August 2020
Source:
American Bar Association Center for Human Rights
Date of Document:
November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria: Officials Indicted in Abuses of Protesters
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 November 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Concluding observations in the absence of the initial report of Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
21 December 2021
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Report submitted by Nigeria under article 29 (1) of the Convention, due in 2012
Date of Document:
20 May 2021
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Information received from Nigeria on follow-up to the concluding observations in the absence of its initial report
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
4 January 2023
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. Submission to The UN Committee Against Torture 72nd Session, 8 November-3 December 2021
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Whether the police in Nigeria detain family members of wanted persons, including sexual and gender minorities; the manner in which these persons are treated; legal recourse available to them (2016-November 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2019
Accessed Date:
29 November 2019
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:
Documents issued by police during criminal investigations or in response to a complaint; procedures for an individual to obtain a copy of a police report within the country as well as from abroad; appearance of police reports, including whether ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2019
Accessed Date:
26 November 2019
Title:
Information on a national police 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 regarding ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 November 2017
Accessed Date:
29 November 2017
Title:
Update to NGA106121 of 11 June 2018 on police invitation letters, including legal status, uses and format; consequences for a person who does not comply with a police invitation letter (2016-May 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2018
Accessed Date:
22 November 2018
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
Title:
Civilian-Led Governance and Security in Nigeria After Boko Haram
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
December 2018
Author:
Jibrin Ibrahim; Saleh Bala
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
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: Time to end impunity: Torture and other human rights violations by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 June 2020
Accessed Date:
13 November 2020
Title:
Prison Conditions in Nigeria
Source:
ARC Foundation; Garden Court Chambers
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
13 November 2020
Title:
Documents issued by the police during criminal investigations or in response to a complaint, including their appearance and security features; procedure to obtain a copy; the nature and extent of communications between police stations in the country...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 November 2020
Accessed Date:
23 November 2020
Title:
Lessons from the #EndSars movement in Nigeria
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
9 February 2021
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Nigeria : Le mouvement #EndSARS
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 March 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: A Year On, No Justice for #EndSARS Crackdown
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 October 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Report of Lekki incident investigation of 20th October 2020
Source:
Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters
Date of Document:
16 November 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Two years on, more than 40 #EndSARS protesters still languishing in jail
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 October 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
North East Nigeria and the End SARS Movement: A study on police violence and social mobilisation
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
October 2021
Author:
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos et al.
Editor:
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom on the Net 2022.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Endangered Voices: Attack on Freedom of Expression in Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 October 2019
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
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: Journalists, Activists Detained, Allege Torture
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 August 2018
Accessed Date:
30 May 2023
Title:
Brown envelope journalism, including types of publications that are affected; efforts to combat the phenomenon (2015-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 November 2017
Accessed Date:
20 November 2017
Title:
Twitter Ban Shows Limits of State Power in Nigeria
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
18 January 2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Source:
Reuters Institute. University of Oxford.
Date of Document:
15 June 2022
Author:
Tolulope Adeyemo; Chris Roper
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. World Press Freedom Index 2023.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Accessed Date:
30 May 2023
Title:
Consequences for a person refusing a chief priest or a shaman [also called fetish priest] title for which they have been selected in south and central Nigeria; state protection (2019–October 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2021
Accessed Date:
26 November 2021
Title:
Chieftaincy in Yorubaland and rituals, including human sacrifice and blood rituals upon initiation to chieftaincy or during chieftaincy; reaction of state ministries of chieftaincy affairs to Yoruba chief rituals, including whether reaction varies ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2021
Accessed Date:
26 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2023 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
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
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
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
Title:
USCRIF Policy update: Violence and Religious Freedom in Nigeria
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Shari'ah Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria: Implementation of Expanded Shari'ah Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes in Kano, Sokoto, and Zamfara States, 2017–2019
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
December 2019
Author:
Heather Bourbeau et al.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2020
Title:
Treatment of people who enter interfaith marriages in Lagos State, including a Christian woman who marries a Muslim man, who subsequently converts to Christianity; cases of couples who were traced through word of mouth within the Muslim community ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 May 2022
Accessed Date:
14 June 2022
Title:
Policy Update: Blasphemy Laws in Nigeria
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Fact Sheet: Attacks on Christians Spike in Nigeria Alongside Overall Rise in Violence Targeting Civilians
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
21 July 2022
Accessed Date:
30 May 2023
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Role of indigeneship in obtaining employment, housing and social services; how indigeneship is established and identified; obstacles faced by non-indigenes when relocating to Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt; assistance available to those who ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 October 2019
Accessed Date:
27 November 2019
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
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:
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
Title:
Nigeria and Canada: The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including objectives, structure, activities, and relations with other Biafran independence groups; treatment by the authorities and state protection; the ability for the government to ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
Focus Nigeria : Profil de l'Etat d'Edo
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
22 March 2019
Accessed Date:
13 November 2020
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
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:
Nigeria: ‘Bullets Were Raining Everywhere'. Deadly Repression of Pro-Biafra Activists.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 November 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
La situation des albinos au Nigeria
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 December 2018
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
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:
Ogboni Society, including structure, rituals, ceremonies, current status, membership and the consequences of refusing to join or trying to leave; Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (ROF), including the nature of its belief system and its purpose, ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 October 2021
Accessed Date:
24 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria: Informations sur les Uneme dans l'État d'Edo
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
15 May 2019
Accessed Date:
13 November 2020
Title:
Nigéria : Situation des membres du groupe IPOB
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
19 July 2019
Accessed Date:
13 November 2020
Title:
Focus Nigeria : Etat d'Edo, émigration et retour
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
22 March 2019
Accessed Date:
13 November 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Separatist groups in the South-East. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
Title:
Osu caste, including areas where the Osu caste system is practisced, and whether there are Osu villages in Imo State, and whether there are all-Osu villages in Nigeria; implications of being born or declared Osu, including the possibility of abuse, blood sacrifices, or issues related to marriage and children (2020–November 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2022
Accessed Date:
28 November 2022
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Enabling A Better Understanding Of Migration Flows And (Its Root-Causes) From Nigeria Towards Europe. Desk-Review Report. Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Displacement Tracking Matrix – Nigeria. Flow Monitoring: Report 55.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
July 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
“They Forced Us Onto Trucks Like Animals”: Cameroon's Mass Forced Return and Abuse of Nigerian Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 September 2017
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Rapid Overview of Areas of Return (ROAR): Yunusari LGA, Yobe State, Nigeria
Source:
United States Agency for International Development
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
IOM Nigeria. Round 43. Displacement overview in North-East Nigeria needs monitoring in Borno, Adamawa & Yobe states.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
'Once the Road is Safe': Displacement and return in north-eastern Nigeria
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Date of Document:
August 2019
Accessed Date:
15 November 2019
Title:
Exit procedures at Nigerian airports, including security checks performed prior to departure; whether access to a police computer network or database is available to security officials at international airports (2018–February 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 February 2021
Accessed Date:
24 June 2021
Title:
COI Query Response. Nigeria: Exit Procedures and Controls.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
22 June 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Internal relocation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
“Those Who Returned Are Suffering.” Impact of Camp Shutdowns on People Displaced By Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Rethinking Resettlement and Return in Nigeria's North East. Briefing N°184.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
16 January 2023
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
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 November 2022:
Title:
Nigeria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
14 November 2022
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria. Situation Report.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
November 2022
URL:
https://reports.unocha.org/en/country/nigeria
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
6 August 2021
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/nigeria/presentation-du-nigeria/
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1 Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
Source:
United States Agency for International Development
Date of Document:
20 January 2022
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/87e8339e-62cf-3036-bbd3-53214d7c8c1e/2022_01_20%20USG%20Nigeria%20Complex%20Emergency%20Fact%20Sheet%20%231.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/nigeria
Accessed Date:
21 April 2022
Title:
At a glance: HIV and AIDS in Nigeria
Date of Document:
17 March 2022
URL:
https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/sub-saharan-africa/nigeria
Accessed Date:
18 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WEBPOL1048702022ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/nigeria
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom in the World 2022.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/nigeria/freedom-world/2022
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria. 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/Nigeria.html
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
2020 Human Rights Violations Report based on Real or Perceived Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity/Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) in Nigeria
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights
Date of Document:
2 December 2020
URL:
https://theinitiativeforequalrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-Human-Rights-Violations-Report-based-on-SOGIESC.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/nigeria/
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria Watch: Eleventh Report on Violence in Nigeria
Source:
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme
URL:
http://www.nigeriawatch.org/media/html/Reports//NGA-Watch-Report2021_V2.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Boko Haram. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
December 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/#BH
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria, Year 2021: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
30 May 2022
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2074568/2021yNigeria_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Journalists, Activists Detained, Allege Torture
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 August 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/21/nigeria-journalists-activists-detained-allege-torture
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/nigeria/
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2022 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2022
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022%20Nigeria.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
Title:
Fact Sheet: Attacks on Christians Spike in Nigeria Alongside Overall Rise in Violence Targeting Civilians
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
21 July 2022
URL:
https://acleddata.com/2022/07/21/fact-sheet-attacks-on-christians-spike-in-nigeria-alongside-overall-rise-in-violence-targeting-civilians/
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
IOM Nigeria Displacement Report: Round 41. Baseline Assessment in North-East Nigeria.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
June 2022
URL:
https://displacement.iom.int/sites/default/files/public/reports/DTM%20Report%20Round%2041%20%20%28June%202022%29.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
Country Background Note: Nigeria. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2020
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2022814/Nigeria_-_Background_-_CPIN_-_v2.0__January_2020__gov.uk.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria: iMMAP/DFS COVID-19 Situation Analysis - Protection and Education Annual Review (Feb 2020 - July 2021)
Date of Document:
27 October 2021
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Annual_Report_Education_and_Protection_final%20%281%29.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
Nigeria. 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
February 2022
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/f58405f1-59e4-3bd4-99c8-8c85c10ad604/ocha_nga_humanitarian_needs_overview_feb2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Halting the Deepening Turmoil in Nigeria's North West
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
26 May 2021
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/halting-deepening-turmoil-nigerias-north-west
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Shadow Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, 62nd Ordinary Session
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 April 2018
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AFR4482652018ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Federal Republic of Nigeria. Election for President of 23 February 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3100/
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Whether women who head their own household, without male or family support, can obtain housing and employment in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, and Port Harcourt; government support services available to female-headed households (2017-November 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457961
Accessed Date:
29 November 2019
Title:
Country Profile: FGM in Nigeria
Date of Document:
November 2017
URL:
https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Nigeria/nigeria_country_profile_v2_(november_2017).pdf
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
2020 Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria
Source:
Nigeria. National Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
August 2021
URL:
https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/1241062
Accessed Date:
23 November 2021
Title:
2019 Annual Report. Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: North-East Nigeria.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/sgbv_report_2020f.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Gender Based Violence (GBV) Sub Sector, Nigeria. Mid-Year Report: January – June, 2020.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/gbvss_nigeria_midyear_2020_report_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Research report: Gender relations in Yobe
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
August 2019
URL:
https://www.justice-security.ng/sites/default/files/mcn_research_report_yobe_web_final.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Analysis of the Root Causes of Violence against Women and Girls in Nigeria: A Leadership Strategy
Source:
Nigerian Women Trust Fund
Date of Document:
13 March 2021
URL:
https://nigerianwomentrustfund.org/wp-content/uploads/NWTF-Violence.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: COI Compilation on Human Trafficking
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
December 2017
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/5a79c7114.html
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria: Crackdown on Police Brutality Protests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 October 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/16/nigeria-crackdown-police-brutality-protests
Accessed Date:
24 November 2020
Title:
The ultra-violent cult that became a global mafia
Source:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Date of Document:
13 December 2021
URL:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59614595
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Army Restrictions Stifling Aid Efforts
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 March 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/04/nigeria-army-restrictions-stifling-aid-efforts
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
Title:
Nigeria: Farmer-Herder issue
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://docs-eu.livesiteadmin.com/dc3e323f-351c-4172-800e-4e02848abf80/nigeria-farmer-herder-briefing-formatted.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 November 2020
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454264
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Title:
Nigeria: Halt Closure of Displaced People's Camps
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 December 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/12/21/nigeria-halt-closure-displaced-peoples-camps
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Plans to close IDP camps in Maiduguri could endanger lives
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2021/12/nigeria-plans-to-close-idp-camps-in-maiduguri-could-endanger-lives/
Accessed Date:
16 June 2022
Title:
Nigeria: Country-wide flooding
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
21 October 2022
URL:
https://www.acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/products/files/20222110_acaps_rapid_analysis_team_nigeria_flooding.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 November 2022
Title:
Nigeria: “My heart is in pain” - older people's experience of conflict, displacement, and detention in Northeast Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
8 December 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AFR4433762020ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 June 2021
Title:
Sexual and gender-based violence/harmful traditional practices against women and girls across Nigeria
Source:
National Human Rights Commission
Date of Document:
13 August 2021
Editor:
Tony Ojukwu; Okay Benedict Agu
URL:
https://www.nigeriarights.gov.ng/files/publications/SEXUAL%20AND%20GENDER%20BASED%20VIOLENCE.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 June 2022
Title:
An Inclusive Study on Violence Against Women in Nigeria
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights
Date of Document:
July 2021
Editor:
Ohotuowo Ogbeche et al.
URL:
https://theinitiativeforequalrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FINAL-An-Inclusive-Study-on-Violence-Against-Women-in-Nigeria_ADJUSTED_Page-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 November 2022
Title:
General Country of Origin Information Report: Nigeria
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2023
URL:
https://www.government.nl/binaries/government/documenten/directives/2023/01/31/general-country-of-origin-information-report-nigeria-january-2023/Country+of+Origin+Information+Report+Nigeria+January+2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
8 March 2023
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/nigeria
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan 2023
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
February 2023
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/nigeria-humanitarian-response-plan-2023-february-2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Humanitarian Situation Overview in Hard-to-Reach Areas: Adamawa and Yobe States | Nigeria (July - September 2022)
Date of Document:
September 2022
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/humanitarian-situation-overview-hard-reach-areas-adamawa-and-yobe-states-nigeria-july-september-2022
Accessed Date:
23 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria presidential election results 2023 by the numbers
Date of Document:
28 February 2023
URL:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/28/nigeria-presidential-election-results-2023
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
First Preliminary Statement. Elections held on schedule, but lack of transparency and operational failures reduced trust in the process and challenged the right to vote.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
URL:
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/2023/EU%20EOM%20NIGERIA%202023_FIRST%20PRELIMINARY%20STATEMENT%20_27_02_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Fake Civil Society: The Rise of Pro-Government NGOs in Nigeria
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
28 July 2021
URL:
https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/07/28/fake-civil-society-rise-of-pro-government-ngos-in-nigeria-pub-85041
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
FGM/C in Nigeria: Key Findings
Source:
28 Too Many; Orchid Project
Date of Document:
March 2023
URL:
https://www.28toomany.org/media/uploads/Country%20Research%20and%20Resources/Nigeria/nigeria_country_profile_update_key_findings_(march_2023)_(1).pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Closing Gaps, Increasing Opportunities: A Diagnostic on Women's Economic Empowerment in Nigeria
Source:
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The World Bank
Author:
Julia Vaillant et al.
URL:
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/37225/P1740380dc16e506c093130997a7fb664f6.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
An Analysis of Laws and Policies to Combat Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria
Source:
MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership
Date of Document:
May 2022
URL:
https://usaidmomentum.org/resource/an-analysis-of-laws-and-policies-to-combat-gbv-in-nigeria/
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. 2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
Date of Document:
28 September 2022
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2021/Nigeria.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
The Prevalence of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Yobe State
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
November 2021
Author:
Amina Salihu; Hadiza Mali Bukar
URL:
https://www.justice-security.ng/sites/default/files/research_report_sgbv_yobe_final_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Against ‘the order of nature': Towards the growth of queer lawfare in Nigeria. Queer Lawfare in Africa: Legal strategies in contexts of LGBTIQ+ criminalisation and politicisation.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law.
Editor:
Adrian Jjuuko et al.
URL:
https://www.pulp.up.ac.za/edocman/edited_collections/queer_lawfare_in_africa/Chapter%207.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
‘Everyone knows somebody who has been kidnapped': Inside Nigeria's banditry epidemic
Source:
The New Humanitarian
Date of Document:
30 January 2023
URL:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2023/01/30/Nigeria-banditry-Zamfara
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria: Prioritize Justice for Abuses Against Protesters
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 May 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/09/nigeria-prioritize-justice-abuses-against-protesters
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Vigilante Groups and Militias in Southern Nigeria: The Greatest Trick the Devil Played was Convincing Nigerians He Could Protect Them.
Source:
United Nations University. Center for Policy Research.
Author:
Vanda Felbab-Brown
URL:
http://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:8285/UNU_SouthernNigeriaVigilantes.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria: Populations at Risk
Source:
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Date of Document:
28 February 2023
URL:
https://www.globalr2p.org/countries/nigeria/
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Driving destruction. Cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
January 2023
Author:
Kingsley L. Madueke
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Kingsley-L-Madueke-Driving-destruction-Cattle-rustling-and-instability-in-Nigeria-GI-TOC-January-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Religious, Social and Criminal Groups in Trafficking of Nigerian Girls and Women. The Case of Shrines, 'Ladies'club' and 'Cultist Groups.'
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://ecpat-france.fr/www.ecpat-france/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WEB_rapport_nigeria_ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Criminal Gangs Destabilizing Nigeria's North West
Source:
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
14 December 2021
URL:
https://africacenter.org/spotlight/criminal-gangs-destabilizing-nigerias-north-west/
Accessed Date:
24 May 2023
Title:
Information received from Nigeria on follow-up to the concluding observations in the absence of its initial report
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
4 January 2023
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/NGA/FCOAR/1
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. Submission to The UN Committee Against Torture 72nd Session, 8 November-3 December 2021
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AFR4448722021ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
North East Nigeria and the End SARS Movement: A study on police violence and social mobilisation
Source:
Managing Conflict in Nigeria
Date of Document:
October 2021
Author:
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos et al.
Editor:
Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
URL:
https://www.justice-security.ng/sites/default/files/web_mcn_research_report_endsars.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Source:
Reuters Institute. University of Oxford.
Date of Document:
15 June 2022
Author:
Tolulope Adeyemo; Chris Roper
URL:
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2022/nigeria
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Nigeria. World Press Freedom Index 2023.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/nigeria
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
USCRIF Policy update: Violence and Religious Freedom in Nigeria
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
September 2022
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/2022%20Violence%20in%20Nigeria%20Policy%20Update.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
“Those Who Returned Are Suffering.” Impact of Camp Shutdowns on People Displaced By Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
October 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2022/10/nigeria1122_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
Title:
Rethinking Resettlement and Return in Nigeria's North East. Briefing N°184.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
16 January 2023
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/b184-rethinking-resettlement-and-return-nigerias-north-east
Accessed Date:
25 May 2023
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