Nigeria

Abduction 2
Access to procedures 6
Acts of persecution 2
Administrative courts 1
Agents of persecution 1
Anti-terrorism law 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 22
Arbitrary arrest and detention 5
Armed forces / Military 1
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 3
Asylum policy 3
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 10
Border crossers 1
Burden of proof 3
Catholic 1
Children's rights 13
Children-at-risk 5
Christian 24
Citizenship / Nationality law 3
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Complementary forms of protection 12
Constitutional law 1
Convention against Torture (CAT) 3
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
Corruption 4
Country of origin information (COI) 35
Credibility assessment 34
Crimes against humanity 2
Criminal justice 18
Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
Death penalty 1
Decision on admissibility 1
Demobilization / Disarmament 1
Denial of nationality 1
Denial of refugee status 8
Deportation / Forcible return 67
Derivative status 2
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 4
Domestic violence 7
Drug trafficking 1
EU Qualification Directive 4
Effective protection 9
Effective remedy 8
Election law 1
Elections 1
Evangelical 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 23
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
Exclusion clauses 2
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
Expedited procedures 2
Expulsion 9
Extradition 1
Extrajudicial executions 2
Extreme poverty 1
False documents 2
Family reunification 10
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 17
Forced marriage 9
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 22
Freedom of expression 4
Freedom of information 1
Freedom of movement 9
Freedom of religion 2
Freedom of speech 2
Fresh / New claim 8
Gender discrimination 2
Gender-based persecution 10
Generalized violence 1
Good governance 1
Grounds for persecution 3
HIV and AIDS 7
Harmful traditional practices 3
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 9
Human rights law 1
Humanitarian assistance 4
Ibo 4
Iko 1
Illegal entry 1
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
Illegitimate children 1
Immigrants 1
Immigration Detention 8
Immigration law 6
Impunity 1
Indigenous persons 1
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 35
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
International protection 6
Jurisdiction 5
Legal representation / Legal aid 7
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 25
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 10
Mental health 5
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Migrants 1
Minorities 1
Muslim 2
National security / Public order 3
Naturalization 1
Non-refoulement 3
Non-state agents of persecution 33
Opposition 2
Passports 4
Persecution based on political opinion 23
Persecution of family members 5
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 12
Persons with disabilities 1
Police 2
Political groups 3
Political parties 6
Political situation 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 1
Prison or detention conditions 2
Prosecution vs persecution 2
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 11
Public health 5
Racial / Ethnic persecution 8
Ratification 1
Refoulement 1
Refugee / Asylum law 4
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 10
Refugees sur place 2
Regional instruments 12
Reintegration 1
Rejected asylum-seekers 23
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 30
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Residence permits / Residency 19
Return conditions 2
Returnees 1
Right to a nationality 3
Right to education 3
Right to family life 42
Right to health 4
Right to life 3
Rights of non-citizens 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 17
Safe third country 2
Serious non-political crime 2
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 12
Sharia law 2
Single heads of household 4
Social group discrimination 1
Social group persecution 35
Standard of proof 2
State of emergency 1
State protection 21
Statelessness 8
Sur place persecution 3
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 8
Suspensive effect 3
Temporary admission 1
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 2
Torture 4
Trafficking in persons 25
Transgression of social / cultural norms 5
Travel documents 5
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 16
Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
Unlawful departure 1
Visas 4
Well-founded fear of persecution 11
Women's rights 5
Women-at-risk 16
Yoruba 5

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Decision 202102077/1/V2 4 August 2021 \| Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) \| Countries: Netherlands - Nigeria
A.E. v. Sweden 28 May 2020 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) \| Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) \| Countries: Nigeria - Sweden
I-v-International Protection Appeals Tribunal-v-Minister for Justice & Equality 18 February 2020 \| Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - International protection - Trafficking in persons \| Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
CAR15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCAFC 155 9 September 2019 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) \| Countries: Australia - Nigeria
I.R.M, S.J.R. and S.O.M. (A minor suing by her Mother and Next Friend S.J.R.) (Applicants/Respondents) and The Minister for Justice and Equality, Ireland and the Attorney General (Respondents/Appellants) The legal issue in this case relates to the process which must be followed when an application is made to revoke a deportation order under Section 3(11) on grounds that the proposed deportee is likely to become the father of an Irish citizen child. 7 March 2018 \| Judicial Body: Ireland: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Children's rights \| Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
CASE OF T.C.E. v. GERMANY (Application no. 58681/12) in a case which concerns family life as well as immigration, the extent of a State’s obligations will vary according to the particular circumstances of the persons involved and the general interest. 1 March 2018 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Expulsion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life \| Countries: Germany - Nigeria
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber) on preliminary ruling request under Article 267 TFEU from the Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Administrative and Labour Court, Szeged, Hungary), in Case C‑473/16, F v. Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal (Office for Immigration and Citizenship, Hungary) This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 1 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’) and Article 4 of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ 2011 L 337, p. 9). 25 January 2018 \| Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) \| Countries: Hungary - Nigeria
Tribunale di Messina, I Sezione Civile, 14 July 2017 14 July 2017 \| Judicial Body: Italy: Courts of First Instance \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): International protection - Trafficking in persons \| Countries: Italy - Nigeria
A., B., C., D. und E. (Nigeria, Russia, Sierra Leone) gegen Staatssekretariat für Migration (SEM) 6 April 2017 \| Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Passports - Rejected asylum-seekers - Statelessness - Travel documents \| Countries: Nigeria - Russian Federation - Sierra Leone - Switzerland
Security Council resolution 2349 (2017) [on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region] 31 March 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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