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(c)
The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c)
(A/HRC/WG.6/4/NGA/3).
343. At its 18th meeting, on 11 June 2009, the Council considered and adopted the outcome of
the review on Nigeria (see sect. C below).
344. The outcome of the review on Nigeria comprised the report of the Working Group on the
Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/11/26), the views of Nigeria concerning the
recommendations and/or conclusions, and its voluntary commitments and replies presented
before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not
sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group.
1.
Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or
conclusions as well as on its voluntary commitments and the outcome
345. The head of delegation recalled that Nigeria had engaged in the universal periodic review
process with the utmost openness and transparency and had benefited immensely from all views
expressed on that occasion. Nigeria stated that the 32 clusters of recommendations made by the
Working Group had been carefully considered with the active collaboration of relevant
stakeholders. In February 2009, Nigeria had already accepted 30 of the 32 clusters of
recommendations and had taken note of recommendations 12 and 13. The implementation of
some recommendations was already ongoing before they were made and new legislation was
ongoing. Although Nigeria was determined to work assiduously towards the implementation of
the recommendations, the delegation stated that constitutional and legal implications had
prevented Nigeria from giving immediate effect to some of them.
346. A substantial number of recommendations were, however, being implemented, such as the
one on accession to human rights instruments, as demonstrated by the signature in January 2009
of a series of international instruments by the President of Nigeria and the recent ratification
through a bill passed by the National Assembly on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
347. Nigeria recalled that its Constitution protected minority rights, in addition to the
comprehensive application of the constitutional federal character principle following the
establishment of the federal character commission regarding the distribution of national
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