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Nigeria - OPCAT Situation

Updated 08.05.2013

In 2009, Nigeria ratified the OPCAT and during the same year designated a new specialised institution as its NPM: the National Committee on Torture, which functions go beyond the OPCAT mandate.

The SPT member Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the SPT Focal Point for Nigeria.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification July 27, 2009
UNCAT Ratification June 28, 2001
NPM Designated

National Committee on Torture

NPM Type

New Specialised Institution

NPM Legal Framework

Terms of Reference of the National Committee on Torture

Information
Population 149 229 090
Area (sq km) 923 768
Number of prisons 227
Prison population 40 193
Federal Structure Nigeria has a federal system of government with power shared between three tiers: Federal, the (36) States and the (774) Local Government Areas. The Constitution vests each tier of government with powers in its area of jurisdiction. There are also three l
Quick links

UPR: Report of Working Group (February 2009)

SRT Visit: Report on Nigeria (November 2007)