Nigeria

Abduction 2
Access to procedures 6
Acts of persecution 1
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 12
Children-at-risk 4
Christian 24
Citizenship / Nationality law 3
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Complementary forms of protection 12
Constitutional law 1
Convention against Torture (CAT) 3
Corruption 4
Country of origin information (COI) 35
Credibility assessment 33
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 66
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 7
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 7
Extradition 1
Extrajudicial executions 2
Extreme poverty 1
False documents 2
Family reunification 2
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 16
Forced marriage 9
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 20
Freedom of expression 4
Freedom of information 1
Freedom of movement 9
Freedom of religion 1
Freedom of speech 2
Fresh / New claim 8
Gender discrimination 2
Gender-based persecution 9
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 8
Human rights law 1
Humanitarian assistance 3
Ibo 4
Iko 1
Illegal entry 1
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
Illegitimate children 1
Immigrants 1
Immigration Detention 8
Immigration law 5
Impunity 1
Indigenous persons 1
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 34
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
International protection 4
Jurisdiction 5
Legal representation / Legal aid 5
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 21
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 2
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 3
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 10
Refugees sur place 2
Regional instruments 12
Reintegration 1
Rejected asylum-seekers 20
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 30
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Residence permits / Residency 15
Return conditions 2
Returnees 1
Right to a nationality 3
Right to education 3
Right to family life 37
Right to health 4
Right to life 2
Rights of non-citizens 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
SGBV 12
Safe third country 2
Serious non-political crime 2
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 6
Sur place persecution 3
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 6
Suspensive effect 3
Temporary admission 1
Terrorism 1
Torture 4
Trafficking in persons 20
Transgression of social / cultural norms 5
Travel documents 3
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 16
Unlawful departure 1
Visas 4
Well-founded fear of persecution 11
Women's rights 5
Women-at-risk 15
Yoruba 5

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Legal Frameworks to Prevent Torture In Africa: Best Practices, Shortcomings and Options Going Forward March 2016 \| Publisher: REDRESS \| Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries
Anti-Torture Legislative Frameworks in Nigeria 26 February 2016 \| Publisher: REDRESS \| Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries
L.E. c. Grèce 21 January 2016 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law
Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study January 2016 \| Publisher: Open Society Foundations (OSF) \| Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries
R (on the application of RA (and by his litigation friend) and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (IJR) 30 May 2015 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Document type: Case Law
R (on the application of RA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (IJR) 29 May 2015 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Document type: Case Law
Nigeria: Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 (VAPP) 25 May 2015 \| Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities \| Document type: National Legislation
Décision No. 10012810, 24 mars 2015 24 March 2015 \| Publisher: France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile \| Document type: Case Law
S.J. v. Belgium (Grand Chamber) 19 March 2015 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law
S.J. c. Belgique (cinquième section) 27 February 2015 \| Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Document type: Case Law

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