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Ratification Status for Nigeria

Treaty

Signature Date

Ratification Date, Accession(a), Succession(d) Date

Denunciation Date

Command item
Command item
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CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

28 Jul 1988

28 Jun 2001

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

27 Jul 2009 (a)

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

29 Jul 1993 (a)

CCPR-OP2-DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty

CED - Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

27 Jul 2009 (a)

CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

23 Apr 1984

13 Jun 1985

CERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

16 Oct 1967 (a)

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

29 Jul 1993 (a)

CMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

27 Jul 2009 (a)

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

26 Jan 1990

19 Apr 1991

CRC-OP-AC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

08 Sep 2000

25 Sep 2012

CRC-OP-SC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography

08 Sep 2000

27 Sep 2010

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

24 Sep 2010

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Nigeria

Treaty

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.22 - Individual complaints procedure under the Convention against Torture

N/A

CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

CED, Art.31 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

N/A

CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

YES

22 Nov 2004

CERD, Art.14 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

N/A

CESCR-OP - Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CMW, Art.77 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

N/A

CRC-OP-IC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD-OP - Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

YES

24 Sep 2010

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Nigeria

* CED inquiry procedure does not require specific acceptance by States parties. It applies from the entry into force of the Convention in the country.

Treaty

Acceptance of inquiry procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.20 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention against Torture

YES

28 Jun 2001

CED, Art.33 - Inquiry procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

YES

27 Jul 2009

CEDAW-OP, Art. 8-9 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

YES

22 Nov 2004

CESCR-OP, Art.11 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CRC-OP-IC, Art.13 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD-OP, Art.6-7 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

YES

24 Sep 2010

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Nigeria

Treaty

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure

Date of acceptance/non acceptance

Command item
Command item
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CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

27 Jul 2009

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