Nigeria

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Abduction 11
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Ahmadis 1
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Anti-terrorism law 2
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Asylum-seekers 11
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Child soldiers 1
Children's rights 12
Children-at-risk 16
Christian 9
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Conflict situation 9
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Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
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Criminal justice 5
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Death penalty 13
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Democracy 1
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Disappeared persons 8
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Domestic violence 6
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EU Qualification Directive 1
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Effective remedy 9
Elections 20
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Eritreans 1
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Extrajudicial executions 24
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Family reunification 3
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 13
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Forced labour 1
Forced marriage 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 25
Freedom of assembly and association 11
Freedom of expression 14
Freedom of information 3
Freedom of movement 9
Freedom of religion 6
Freedom of speech 2
Fulani 3
Gang related violence 2
Gender discrimination 11
Gender mainstreaming 3
Gender-based persecution 8
Generalized violence 3
Genocide 1
Good governance 9
HIV and AIDS 6
Harmful traditional practices 6
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 9
Human Rights Council 5
Human rights activists 7
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 31
Human rights courts 1
Human rights monitors 1
Humanitarian assistance 2
IDP camps 2
Ibo 2
Ijaw 2
Illegal entry 1
Immigrants 2
Immigration Detention 1
Impunity 13
Independence of judiciary 5
Indigenous persons 2
Internal armed conflict 10
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 3
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 24
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
International armed conflict 3
International courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 5
International protection 1
Jehovah's Witness 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 3
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 11
Livelihoods 1
Location of camps 1
Mass exodus 2
Maternal and child health care 2
Mental health 3
Migrant rights 1
Migrants 2
Military courts 1
Military operations 4
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 7
Minorities 4
Minority rights 1
Muslim 14
National security / Public order 3
Non-refoulement 1
Non-state agents of persecution 5
Opposition 2
Orthodox Christian 1
Palestinian 1
Passports 2
Pastoralists 1
Peace agreements 5
Peace process 1
Peacekeeping 4
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on political opinion 2
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 4
Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
Persons with disabilities 2
Police 17
Political groups 7
Political parties 11
Political situation 32
Polygamy 1
Pre-trial detention 3
Prison or detention conditions 16
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
Protection of camps 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 2
Protestant 1
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 5
Public health 7
Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
Referendum 2
Refoulement 2
Refugee / Asylum law 4
Refugee camps 2
Refugees 18
Rejected asylum-seekers 3
Religious discrimination 1
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 5
Return conditions 2
Returnees 4
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 3
Right to employment 1
Right to family life 1
Right to food 1
Right to health 2
Right to justice 3
Right to liberty and security 1
Right to life 2
Right to seek asylum 1
Right to self-determination 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 17
Security forces 19
Security situation 43
Serious non-political crime 1
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 20
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Sharia law 7
Small arms 1
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 3
Social group persecution 1
Somalis 1
State protection 6
Statelessness 2
Sufi 1
Sunni 1
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 9
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 28
Threats / Intimidation 1
Tiv 1
Torture 6
Trafficking in persons 20
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
Travel documents 1
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UNHCR mandate 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 3
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 7
Voluntary repatriation 2
War crimes 1
Witchcraft 4
Witnesses 1
Women's rights 21
Women-at-risk 23
Yoruba 1

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Nigeria's Dangerous 2015 Elections: Limiting the Violence 21 November 2014 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports
"Those Terrible Weeks in their Camp" Boko Haram Violence against Women and Girls in Northeast Nigeria 27 October 2014 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
'Welcome to hell fire': Torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria 18 September 2014 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Women's Asylum News: Issue No. 124, July/August 2014 August 2014 \| Publisher: Consonant (formerly Asylum Aid) \| Document type: Country Reports
Nigeria: Fleeing Boko Haram's relentless terror 5 June 2014 \| Publisher: Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) \| Document type: Country Reports
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Frequently Asked Questions 20 May 2014 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Curbing Violence in Nigeria (II): The Boko Haram Insurgency 3 April 2014 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports
The Researcher, April 2014 1 April 2014 \| Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre \| Document type: Country Reports
Nigeria: More that 1,500 Killed in Armed Conflict in North-eastern Nigeria in Early 2014 31 March 2014 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review : Nigeria 16 December 2013 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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