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Maritime Crime and Piracy

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Wildlife and Forest Crime

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Justice and Security Sector Reform

February 2023 - Working Paper - Selection and Appointment of Judges in Nigeria

October 2016 - Cases and Materials on Extradition in Nigeria

October 2016 - Federal Capital Territory Courts Sentencing Guidelines

May 2015 - Extradition Act Order (Modification) and Proceedings

April 2014 - Court Users Guide 6 - Contacts for Court Users

April 2014 - Court Users Guide 5 - Basic Civil Procedure

April 2014 - Court Users Guide 4 - Victims and Witnesses

April 2014 - Court Users Guide 2 - Alternative Dispute Resolution

April 2014 - Court Users Guide 1 - Arrest, Detention and Bail

July 2010 - Impact Assessment of Justice Sector Reform in Three Nigerian States (2002 - 2007)

June 2010 - Assessment of Justice Sector Integrity and Capacity in Ten Nigerian States

September 2010 - Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers

February 2010 - Fact sheet: Judicial Research Centres in Nigeria

April 2009 - Ten years of Justice Sector Reform in Nigeria: a 360 Degrees Review

September 2008 - State Action Plan to Strengthen Judicial Integrity and Capacity in FCT (2008 - 2010)

September 2008 - State Action Plan to Strengthen Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Enugu State (2008 - 2010)

September 2008 - State Action Plan to Strengthen Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Delta State (2008 - 2010)

September 2008 - State Action Plan to Strengthen Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Rivers State (2008 - 2010)

October 2007 - State Action Plan to Strengthen Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Kaduna State (2007 - 2009)

October 2007 - State Action Plan to Strengthen Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Benue State (2007 - 2009)

October 2007 - State Action Plan to Strengthen Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Katsina State (2007 - 2009)

October 2007 - Training Manual on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice

October 2007 - Judicial Ethics Training Manual for the Nigerian Judiciary

January 2006 - Assessment of the Integrity and the Capacity of the Justice System in Three Nigerian States

August 2003 - Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Nigeria: Progress Report (March 2003 - July 2003)

June 2003 - Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Katsina

April 2003 - Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Nigeria: Progress Report (December 2002 - March 2003)

October 2002 - Strengthening Judicial Integrity: An Example from Nigeria

September 2002 - Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Lagos

September 2002 - Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Borno

October 2001 - Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Nigeria

Prison and Reform

November 2023 - Strengthening the Capacity of the Nigerian Correctional Service to Effectively Rehabilitate and Reintegrate Prisoners Held for an (alleged) Association with Boko Haram (Phase I-III)

May 2020 - Handbook on the Classification of Prisoners

April 2020 - COVID-19: Information for people in custodial centres (English)

April 2020 - COVID-19: Information for people in custodial centres (Igbo)

April 2020 - COVID-19: Information for people in custodial centres (Hausa)

April 2020 - COVID-19: Information for people in custodial centres (Yoruba)

March 2020 - UNODC Position Paper: COVID-19 preparedness and responses in prisons

Police Reform

April 2020 - Nigeria Police Force Guidelines for Policing During the COVID-19 Emergency

Corruption and Illicit Financial Flows

December 2020 - Gender and Corruption in Nigeria (report)

July 2020 - Remarks by Mr. Edward Kallon, United Nations Resident Coordinator, at the Africa Regional Webinar on Combating Corruption and Illicit Financial Flows: New Measures and Strategies in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)

December 2019 - Corruption in Nigeria: Second survey on corruption as experienced by the population

June 2019 - Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption: Executive Summary of Nigeria's Second Review Cycle ( Chapter II and V)

July 2017 - Corruption in Nigeria - Bribery: public experience and response

August 2017 - Corruption Prevention Training Manual

February 2017 - Practice Direction - Code of Conduct Tribunal

August 2016 - Ethic Guidelines for Code of Conduct Tribunal Staff

June 2016 - Bibliography of Corruption in Nigeria

May 2015 - Federal High Court Corruption and Other Related Offences Sentencing Guidelines

June 2014 - Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption: Executive Summary of Nigeria's First Review Cycle (Chapter III and IV)

July 2010 - Corruption Casework Policy Roundtable - Final Communiqué

October 2009 - Business Survey on Crime and Corruption in Nigeria - Executive Summary

Drug Prevention, Treatment and Care

July 2023 - Guidelines Medication-Assisted Treatment For Opioid Dependence In Nigeria: Methadone And Buprenorphine

July 2023 - Standard Operating Procedures Medication-Assisted Treatment For Opioid Dependence In Nigeria: Methadone And Buprenorphine

March 2022 - Survey Report of Cannabis Cultivation Covering the Six Pilot States in Southwest Nigeria

January 2022 - Drugs and the Nigerian Society - A Comprehensive Annotated Research Bibliography Second Edition 1956-2020

December 2021 - National Drug Control Master Plan 2021-2025

November 2021 - Revision of Inventory and Record-Keeping Tools

June 2021 - Standard Policy and Practice Guidelines for NDLEA Counselling Centres

June 2021 - Availability and Use of Psychoactive Substances in Nigeria: Qualitative and Quantitative Studies in Diverse Settings

June 2021- National_Guidelines_for_the_Treatment_of_Substance_Use_Disorders_for_Nigeria.pdf

March 2021 - At the Crossroads of Licit and Illicit: Tramadol and other pharmaceutical opioids trafficking in West Africa

June 2020 - National Estimation and Quantification Survey Report, 2019

April 2020 - Bulletin on Narcotics - Volume LXII, 2019, Drugs in the Nigerian Population

April 2020 - Nigeria National Drug Threat Assessment 2018

April 2020 - Contact Details of DrugHelpNet: Doctors and Counselors Available for Tele Consultation for Drug Use Issues during COVID-19 Outbreak

List of Drop-in-centres providing over-the-phone support to people who use drugs during COVID-19 outbreak

COVID-19: Information for people who use drugs (English)

COVID-19: Information for people who use drugs (Pidgin)

COVID-19: Information for people who use drugs (Igbo)

COVID-19: Information for people who use drugs (Hausa)

COVID-19: Information for people who use drugs (Yoruba)

Contact Details of DrugHelpNet: Doctors and Counselors Available for Tele Consultation for Drug Use Issues during COVID-19 Outbreak

Factsheet COVID-19: HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support for People who use Drugs

February 2020 - Fact sheet: Get the Facts about Tramadol

October 2019 - Report of the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU)

July 2019 - Fact sheet: Some Types of Drugs Used in Nigeria - Part 1

July 2019 - Fact sheet: Some Types of Drugs Used in Nigeria - Part 2

July 2019 - Fact sheet: Why People Use Drugs?

July 2019 - Fact sheet: Talking About Drug Use in the Family

July 2019 - Fact sheet: Treatment Option for Those with Drug Dependency

July 2019 - Fact sheet: Get the Facts About Cannabis

June 2019 - Sensitization on Drug Use, Drug Dependence And Drug Prevention, Treatment And Care: Trainer Resource Modules

May 2019 - Curriculum and Training Manual: Rational Use and Access to Controlled Medicines in Nigeria

August 2018 - Guidelines for the Management of Pain in Nigeria

April 2018 - Drug Use Survey in Nigeria

April 2018 - Drug Use Survey in Nigeria - Executive Summary

November 2017 - National Guidelines for Quantification of Narcotic Medicines

November 2017 - National Policy for Controlled Medicines and its Implementation Strategies

November 2017 - National Guidelines on Estimation of Psychotropic Substances and Precursors

October 2015 - National Minimum Standards for Drug Dependence Treatment in Nigeria

July 2015 - National Drug Control Master Plan (2015 - 2019)

June 2015 - Response to Drugs and Related Organized Crime in Nigeria - Project Presentation

Harm Reduction

November 2021 - Standard Operating Procedures for HIV Testing Services in Custodial Centres

November 2021 - National Care and Referral Model for HIV and Related Health Conditions in Custodial Centres

March 2020 - Factsheet COVID-19: HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support for People who use Drugs

July 2019 - National Situation and Needs Assessment of HIV and AIDS, Drug Use and Related Health Services in Nigerian Prisons

July 2019 - Situation and Needs Assessment of HIV and AIDS, Drug and Related Services in Borstal Institutions in Nigeria

July 2019 - National HIV Borstal Assessment Facts sheet

July 2019 - National Prison Facts sheet

Terrorism Prevention

February 2024 - Child Recruitment, Exploitation and Reintegration in Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria

December 2023 - Global Study on Homicide 2023

December 2023 - An Ecological Framework for Psychosocial Child Assessment

November 2023 - Strategy to End Violence Against Children

March 2022- UNODC Nigeria Training Module on Prohibition of Torture

January 2022- UNODC Users Guide to Terrorism

August 2021 - User's Guide to the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011 (TPA) as amended by the Terrorism (Prevention) (Amendment) Act, 2013 (TPAA)

December 2019 - Nigeria Training Module on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism

November 2019 - Development of Guidelines on Policing During the COVID-19 Emergency for the Nigeria Police Force

August 2019 - Nigeria Handbook on Counter-Terrorism Investigations

Transnational Organised Crime

September 2023 - Organized Crime in Nigeria: A Threat Assessment

Maritime Crime and Piracy

November 2023 - Pirates of the Niger Delta II: An Update on Piracy Trends and Legal Finish in the Gulf of Guinea

March 2022 - Community Based Crime Prevention Strategy for Bayelsa State

July 2021 - Pirates of the Niger Delta: Between Brown and Blue Waters

July 2020 - Maritime Crime: A Manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners (third edition)

June 2019 - Maritime Crime: A Manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners (second edition)

March 2017 - Maritime Crime: A Manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners (first edition)

Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants

July 2023 - Compendium of Good Practices of State Taskforces in Combatting Trafficking in Persons in Nigeria from 2017 to 2022

January 2023 - 2022 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons

September 2022 - Smuggling of Migrants Observatory – Focus on Migrant Smuggling from Nigeria

April 2022 - National Action Plan on Human Trafficking in Nigeria

February 2021 - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 - Sub-Saharan Africa

February 2021 - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020

October 2019 - Sensitization Materials on Trafficking in Persons

December 2014 - Guidelines on National Referral Mechanism for Protection and Assistance to Trafficked Persons in Nigeria

July 2012 - Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Nigeria: A Baseline Survey

Crimes That Affect The Environment

January 2023 - Responding To Illegal Mining and Trafficking In Metals and Minerals: A Guide To Good Legislative Practices

2023 - Crimes that Affect the Environment and Climate Change

2022 - Combatting Waste Trafficking: A Guide to Good Legislative Practices

Wildlife and Forest Crime

March 2023 - Wildlife Crime in Nigeria “Points to Prove”: A Guide for Prosecutors and Investigators: (available on request via email to: folusho.ajayi[at]un[dot]org) or download the app

April 2022 - National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime in Nigeria 2022-2026

2022 - Illegal Wildlife Trade and Climate Change: Joining the Dots

September 2018 - Guide on Drafting Legislation to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime

International Cooperation in Criminal Matters

December 2022 - Cases and Materials on Extradition in Nigeria