standards, and also take steps to improve access to improved access to contraceptives and family contraceptives and family planning options; planning options compared to the 2008 report. 119. Ensure that the Violence against Women Bill is Already violence Against Persons Bill has come into passed promptly and that cases of violence are force as a 2015 Act and is being implemented properly investigated and prosecuted, and also raise already. the awareness of the public, including law enforcement bodies and the judiciary, regarding the Bill/law; 120. Ensure that all states adopt the federal legislation Efforts are on-going to ensure that the remaining 14 that sets the age of marriage to eighteen (18) years; states adopt the Child Right Act with the Age of Marriage in consideration. Freedom of Expression and Access to Information 121. Take the necessary measures to ensure the right Chapter 7 of this Report shows the current judicial to freedom of expression, in particular for the private trend on this right. media and human rights defenders; The National Justice Sector Reform coordinating Committee and the Nigerian Law Reform Commission are considering review of obsolete and inconsistent laws with Nigeria’s human rights treaty obligations. 123. Intensify the training of staff of all appointed The Ministry of Information and Culture is currently information offices in all its ministries, departments marking efforts in this regard in collaboration with and agencies, on the establishment and running of relevant stakeholders. effective access to information regimes; 122. Decriminalize defamation and amend other existing laws in the statute books of Nigeria that restrict access to information, to bring them into conformity with the Freedom of information Act; Protection of Rights of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS 124. Strengthen ongoing HIV/AIDS sensitization, Nigeria appreciates this advice and will report next prevention, treatment and care programmes, in improvement in this regard. particular, targeting the most vulnerable populations; 125. Scale up its program for the prevention of Efforts are ongoing in this regard as shown in mother-to-child transmission of HIV, towards chapter 14 on health below. reversing the current high incidence of children living with HIV in the country; 126. Review the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act Nigeria notes this recommendation in order to prohibit violence and discrimination in access to HIV prevention, treatment and care services, as well as to ensure the protection of other human rights of sexual minorities guaranteed under the African Charter and other international instruments to which Nigeria is a party; Human Rights Defenders 17