Summary: Our research indicates that in Nigeria, people may be lawfully sentenced to death, corporal punishment and life imprisonment for crimes committed while under the age of 18.

This report was submitted ahead of the 17th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as part of our campaign against inhuman sentencing of children - defined to include sentences of death, life imprisonment and corporal punishment.

Further information

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Nigeria_UPR_CRIN_FINAL.pdf

Organisation:

Child Rights International Network

Articles:

Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

Article 37: Torture and deprivation of liberty

Article 40: Administration of juvenile justice

Attachment:

crin_upr17_nigeria.pdf

Countries

Nigeria

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