Nigeria

• Abduction 10
• Access to procedures 1
• Ahmadis 8
• Albinism/Persons with Albinism 2
• Anglican 10
• Animist 3
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 22
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 18
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Baha'i 1
• Baptist 11
• Catholic 10
• Child labour 9
• Child prostitution 8
• Child soldiers 4
• Children's rights 18
• Children-at-risk 17
• Christian 11
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 6
• Corruption 6
• Criminal justice 5
• Disappeared persons 15
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 19
• Domestic violence 2
• Drug trafficking 2
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 1
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 4
• Evangelical 8
• Extrajudicial executions 22
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
• Flight by land, air or sea 1
• Forced labour 28
• Forced marriage 1
• Forced relocation 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 19
• Freedom of assembly and association 22
• Freedom of expression 20
• Freedom of information 4
• Freedom of movement 20
• Freedom of religion 38
• Freedom of speech 20
• Fulani 1
• Gang related violence 3
• Gender discrimination 19
• Gender-based persecution 2
• Generalized violence 3
• Harmful traditional practices 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 2
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 7
• Independence of judiciary 5
• Internal armed conflict 2
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 4
• International protection 2
• Jehovah's Witness 1
• Jew 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 3
• Methodist 10
• Military operations 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
• Minorities 7
• Mormon 10
• Muslim 11
• Opposition 1
• Pentecostal 10
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 4
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
• Persons with disabilities 8
• Police 7
• Pre-trial detention 5
• Presbyterian 10
• Prison or detention conditions 7
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
• Protestant 1
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
• Refugees 5
• Religious discrimination 28
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Right to self-determination 3
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 3
• SGBV 17
• Salafi 5
• Security forces 7
• Serious non-political crime 1
• Shia 8
• Social group discrimination 13
• State of emergency 1
• Sufi 5
• Sunni 10
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
• Terrorism 24
• Threats / Intimidation 1
• Torture 6
• Trafficking in persons 38
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
• Witchcraft 2
• Women's rights 18
• Women-at-risk 13

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• Amnesty International - Nigeria
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Nigeria
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Nigeria
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Nigeria
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Nigeria
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Nigeria
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Nigeria
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Nigeria
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Nigeria
• ReliefWeb - Nigeria
• UNHCR - Nigeria
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Nigeria
• United States Department of State - Nigeria
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria