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UNODC launches 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons

Abuja, January 24 th, 2023- Today, UNODC launched its  2022 Global Report on Trafficking in persons. It is the sixth of its kind mandated by the United Nations General Assembly in its Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. It covers 141 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional, and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected between 2017 and 2021.  The Report draws upon the largest existing dataset on trafficking in persons, with information on the more than 450,000 victims and 300,000 (suspected) offenders detected worldwide between 2003 and 2021 while noting the role of organized crime groups as the engine behind long-distance trafficking.[Read More]

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Strategic Dialogue on Nigeria’s Implementation of the 2014 and 2019 UNCAC Review Recommendations

Abuja, 14 December 2022: UNODC brought together government agencies, civil society organizations, the media and youth groups involved in the fight against corruption to discuss progress made in the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

In order to facilitate the dialogue, UNODC presented the preliminary findings of a study it conducted over the past months through extensive consultation with anti-corruption agencies and other relevant stakeholders to assess the efforts undertaken by Nigeria to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Review Mechanism.

Following ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2004 and establishment of the Review Mechanism in 2009, Nigeria has undergone two reviews for its implementation of the Convention. The first review was carried out in 2014 by Lesotho and Montenegro, while the second review was completed by Cote d'Ivoire and Myanmar in 2019.[Read More]

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UNODC commemorates the 2022 World AIDS Day by supporting the launch of national training manuals and information, education and communication (IEC) materials.

Abuja, 1 December 2022-The World AIDS Day (WAD) is commemorated every 1 December to mourn those who have passed away due to AIDS and to continue raising awareness about the epidemic. The 2022 WAD global theme was  Equalise and the national theme  Equalise to end AIDS: Equal access to treatment and prevention services. The theme sought to draw attention to removing barriers that affect uptake of HIV services through the promotion of equal access across populations, especially vulnerable and key population groups, such as people who use drugs and people in detention and other close settings.

In line with this year's theme, UNODC partnered with the National Agency for the Control of AIDS in launching two national training manuals and information, education and communication (IEC) materials on gender-based violence, drug overdose, medication assisted treatment (MAT) as well as stigma. The  Training Manual Addressing the Specific Needs of Women Who Inject Drugs aims to building the capacity of healthcare workers and community service providers to effectively address access gaps for female injecting drug users in line with national guidelines, while the  Training Manual  for Law Enforcement Officials on HIV Service Provision for Key Populations aims to integrate a public health approach into policing in a way that enables the police and other law enforcement officials proactively engage with key populations for improved HIV outcomes. As such these knowledge products constitute important contributions in support of increased and uninterrupted access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care services for people who use drugs and people in detention and other closed settings, one of the priority actions in  UNODC's Strategic Vision for Nigeria. [Read More]

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