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Scroll to: _____________________________________________ UN Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers Visit has been agreed in principle or is under consideration. UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Visit has been agreed in principle or is under consideration. Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons Visit has been agreed in principle or is under consideration.riare under consideration (A request was made in 2005) UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children Visit has been agreed in principle or is under consideration. _____________________________________________ UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.2 7 October 2005 Mission: 1-10 March 2005 The report includes few specific mentions of children's rights, but the context of limitations on the right to freedom of religion has implications for children's rights. The full report can be accessed here. Ms. Jahangir made the following points: Ms. Jahangir recommended that the government take concrete steps to strengthen the education system throughout Nigeria to ensure children receive teaching on religious tolerance. (para 105) ------------------------------------------- UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief: Follow-up The Special Rapporteur created a table to follow-up her recommendations to Nigeria. She reiterated that the State should also take concrete steps to strengthen the education system throughout Nigeria in order for children to receive teaching on religious tolerance. The government has yet to respond. _____________________________________________ UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston E/CN.4/2006/53/Add.4 7 January 2006 Mission: 27 June – 8 July 2005 Mr. Alston made the following point: UNICEF should commission a consultant to review the files of all prisoners on death row for crimes committed before they were 18. Judicial review should then be sought to ensure compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (para 103, d) _____________________________________________ UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by Manfred Nowak A/HRC/7/3/Add.4 Mission: 4 – 11 March 2007 Mr. Nowak identified the following points of concern related to the conditions of detention of children: ------------------------------------------- UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Follow-up The Special Rapporteur requested information from Nigeria about steps it has taken to comply with his recommendations on 23 October 2009. The government has yet to reply. The Special Rapporteur urged Nigeria remained concerned about the fact that corporal punishment remains lawful in parts of the country. (recommendation 75) Read the full table of recommendations including comments from NGO sources.
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