Nigeria: Elections Bring Opportunity for Human Rights Reform

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February 26, 2007 2:40PM EST | Background Briefing

Nigeria: Elections Bring Opportunity for Human Rights Reform

A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper

This briefing paper outlines some of the key questions that candidates should consider if they are to tackle the human rights situation in the country: corruption; ethnic and political violence; reform of the security services; and reform of the electoral machinery.

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