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Njemanze demolitions: Social and economic effects - Mon, 12 Jul 2010
Sweetcrude: Vanguard's monthly review of the Nigerian Energy Industry - Mon, 12 Jul 2010
Comprehensive Niger Delta Environmental Survey released - Thu, 8 Jul 2010
Revenue Watch: Nigeria Considers creating new Sovereign Wealth Fund to promote sustainavble development - Thu, 8 Jul 2010
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concluding observations - Thu, 17 Jun 2010
Official reports, declarations, constitutions and Legislation relating to the Niger Delta - Wed, 14 Apr 2010
Fuelling Discord: Oil and Conflict in Three Niger Delta Communities - Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Citizens Report on State and Local Government Budgets in the Niger Delta - Mon, 18 Jan 2010
Port Harcourt Waterfront Urban Regeneration - Scoping Study - Thu, 7 Jan 2010
killing at will - unlawful killings by the police in nigeria - Tue, 15 Dec 2009
Nigeria’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Just a Glorious Audit? - Thu, 10 Dec 2009
Report of The Technical Committee on the Niger Delta - Wed, 7 Oct 2009
Alternatives to demolitions - Abonnema Wharf Community - Fri, 4 Sep 2009
Demolition of Njemanze Waterfront - Factsheet from SDN Partners SERAC - Fri, 4 Sep 2009
Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola - Wed, 2 Sep 2009
UN Habitat: Evictions and Demolitions in Port Harcourt - Tue, 1 Sep 2009
Amnesty International: Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta - Fri, 3 Jul 2009
Feature: Up in Smoke - Nigeria's continued reliance on gas flaring - Thu, 9 Apr 2009
Minority Rights Echoes at Nigeria's United Nations Review - Mon, 16 Mar 2009
Niger Delta's Civil Society Organisations recommendations on the human rights situation in Nigeria - Mon, 16 Mar 2009
Minority Rights Echoes at Nigeria's United Nations Review
Several member and observer states of the United Nations Human Rights Council during today's Review of Nigeria raised concerns about the growing depreciation in the protection of the rights of minorities and indigenous issues in the country.
Contributing to the interactive dialogue on the presentation of Nigeria's reports to the Universal Periodic Review, several governments, including the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Denmark, and the Vatican urged the Nigerian government to take specific steps to address the issues of minorities, including a recommendation that Nigeria establishes the National Commission on Minorities to deal with the vulnerable situation of minority communities.
Many governments also highlighted the issues of extrajudicial executions, torture and impunity that surround the operation of security forces. The government of Pakistan decried the environmental situation in the Niger Delta which had resulted from the unsustainable oil exploitation.
In its presentation, the Nigerian government delegation, which was lead by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ojo Uma Maduekwe, stated that there was no policy of discrimination against any ethnic community. He also promised to consult with civil society about human rights annually. Responding on behalf of the Federal Government to questions from the Human Rights Council, Senator Ekaete reported that the issue of the Niger Delta is not an issue of marginalization, but an issue of corporate neglect by the oil companies.
Representatives of nationality groups and non governmental organizations from the Niger Delta attending the 4th session of the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council had earlier called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to take Nigeria to task on the issues of minority and indigenous rights, including concerns about the current militarization with impunity and unaccountability that is going on in the Niger Delta.
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