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142. Ukraine noted the establishment of a national interministerial committee on the
universal periodic review, and efforts to implement the recommendations from previous
cycles.
143. The United Arab Emirates noted the development of the National Cyber-security
Strategy in 2014, justice system reforms and the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan
2017–2022.
144. The United Kingdom was concerned about the lack of prosecutions of members of
the security forces, human trafficking and the failure to enact the Gender and Equal
Opportunities Bill.
145. The United States was concerned about the sexual exploitation of internally
displaced persons, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention and the targeting of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.
146. Uruguay was pleased that Nigeria had ratified seven international human rights
instruments and hoped it would fully implement them.
147. The delegation of Nigeria noted the positive comments of a number of delegations
on a variety of issues, including its social and economic reforms, its efforts to fight
corruption and to repatriate stolen funds and its security sector reforms. It thanked the
delegations for their participation in the review.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations
148. The following recommendations will be examined by Nigeria, which will
provide responses in due time, but no later than the fortieth session of the Human
Rights Council:
148.1
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights and the Second Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death
penalty (Benin);
148.2
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Estonia);
148.3
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights (Liechtenstein);
148.4
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
(Montenegro);
148.5
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol on the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Togo);
148.6
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights (Ukraine);
148.7
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights and reform the Constitution in order to prohibit the
death penalty and establish, until that time, an indefinite moratorium (Spain);
148.8
Consider ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of
the death penalty (Georgia);
148.9
Adhere to the human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party,
in particular the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, and the African Union Convention
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