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Public forum addresses increasing regulation of civil society in Nigeria

Spaces for Change (S4C) held a public forum in February on ...

MOSOP denounces assassination attempt against their president

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) vigorously condemned a recent assassination attempt against the...

Foundation for the Conservation of the Earth (FOCONE)

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Nigeria

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Environment & ESCR

Economic Policy

SERAC undertakes advocacy actions regarding the forced eviction of the Maroko community in Nigeria

In 2008, the Maroko community, in conjunction with the ...

On the anniversary of the adoption of the OP-ICESCR, the NGO Coalition undertakes actions to promote its ratification

December 10th marked International Human Rights Day and the anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International...

Nigeria: thousands of evictees suffer homelessness and loss of livehood after Ijora Badia forced evictions

Spaces for Change released a press release on the situation of thousands of evictees suffering homelessness and loss of livehood after Ijora Badia forced evictions.

Friends of Badia East from across the civil...

Spaces for Youth Development and Social Change (Spaces for Change)

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Nigeria

Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work:

Women & ESCR

OP-ICESCR

Right Livelihood Foundation laureates demand environmental justice in Ogoniland (Nigeria)

Laureates expressed their support to the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People about the ongoing pollution in Ogoniland and urge the Nigerian President to take action on the Ogoni UNEP report, three years after it was submitted

Members of the SMWG use collective publication Land in the Struggle for Justice to advance human rights.

On 4 January, 2014, the ESCR-Net publication, Land in the Struggle for Justice: Social Movement Strategies to Secure Human Rights, was launched in Ogoniland, Nigeria. The document, which describes several human rights strategies employed by grassroots organizations, was presented by MOSOP - a contributor - to community members at the conclusion of a celebration to commemorate Ogoni Day.

50,000 march in Nigeria to demand the rights of Ogoni People

On January 4, 2014, more than fifty thousand Ogoni people from Niger Delta communities celebrated the 21st anniversary of the Ogoni struggle for justice (Ogoni Day). The mobilization, was organized by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), and coincided with the launching of “Land in the Struggle for Justice: Social Movement Strategies to Secure Human Rights”, an ESCR-Net publication