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Nigeria’s anti-torture law shows India’s failure to criminalise torture

November 30, 2018June 3, 2019 Admin Comment(0)

Nigeria had been a signatory to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) since 28 July 1998 and it ratified the convention on 28 July 2001, in less than three years of becoming a signatory to the instrument. Nigeria accepted the Inquiry Procedure provided under Article 20 […]

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