99. Intensify efforts in locating and rescuing persons See Report, Chapter 16, item 6.2 earlier referred to.
abducted from the affected areas by Boko-Haram
including the more than 200 Chibok girls, and ensure
adequate records of forced displacement, as well as
protection and assistance to affected persons not
implicated in the insurgency;
100. Ensure that the trial of terrorism cases are To ensure compliance, the Federal government had
conducted in strict compliance with regional and embarked upon the following initiatives between
international standards on the right to a fair trial;
2014-2016: In 2014, the Defence Headquarters recommended
500 terror suspects for trial, out of which over 50
convictions have been recorded; 167 terror
suspects were recommended to be freed, while
614 terror suspect cases were recommended for
review.
Between 2014 and 2016 military field commanders
and other senior security and defence intelligence
officers were subjected to series of doctrinal and
practical training on human rights in counterterrorism operations. Organized by the office of the
National security Adviser in collaboration with the
European Union and the Office of the AttorneyGeneral of the Federation.
The Federal Justice Sector Reform Coordinating
committee ensured the adoption of a National
Policy on Prosecutions/Code of Conduct for
Prosecutors/Guidelines for Prosecutors in Nigeria
(2014).
National policy and Strategy on Terrorism adopted
in 2015.
101. Bolster the work of the Anti-Human Trafficking This has been done by amendment to NAPTIP Act
Agency (NAPTIP) and all bodies involved in in 2015 thereby giving it sharper teeth to combat
preventing and combating trafficking in persons;
human trafficking in Nigeria. the results are shown
in the tables below under Section 3, item (iv) of this
Report.
102. Provide, inter alia, in its next periodic report, See Report, Section 3 item (iv) on military and
information regarding the outcome of the NHRC’s Human Rights Report by the NHRC in 2016.
independent inquiry into alleged cases of extra-judicial
killings and assassinations in Nigeria;
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