iii.
Recommendations
261.
The APR Panel recommends that:
•
Extra judicial killings by the police and other law enforcement agencies
stop immediately. (Police, attorney general and Ministry of Justice)
•
Investigations be enhanced with regard to unresolved crimes to ensure
that the perpetrators are brought to book. (Police, attorney general
and Ministry of Justice)
•
The enhancement of judicial enforcement of social, economic and
cultural rights, as well as the right to development and the right to
an environment conducive to health and development, be part of the
envisaged new constitution. (Ministry of Justice, National Assembly,
and the federal government and states)
•
A level of legislative reforms, including speedy enactment of the
Freedom of Information Bill and the proposed bill to amend the
National Human Rights Commission Act of 1995 and other matters
connected therewith, be effected. (National Assembly, and the federal
government and states)
•
Nigeria ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights. (Ministry of Justice, and the federal
government and states)
•
A coherent national housing policy that is rights-driven, with clearly
articulated implementation responsibilities given to states and local
government levels, be developed. (Federal government, states and
local governments)
•
The government and the private sector diversify the economy to
ensure that citizens enjoy the whole range of economic and social
rights. (Federal government and the private sector)
•
Nigeria pay special attention to rehabilitating the children/juvenile
justice system and to improving prison conditions, with a clear
delineation of responsibilities between the federal and state
governments. (Ministry of Justice, the prisons departments and the
federal government)
•
Legal aid for the needy in civil and criminal cases be put in place.
(Federal government, states and CSOs)
•
Law enforcement agencies be trained with regard to human rights
standards and codes relating to the administration of justice.
(Ministry of Justice, National Human Rights Commission and security
agencies)
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