The Stakeholders engagement, had NBA Branch leaders from the Branches in Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau and Kaduna states.
According to Princess F. Frank-Chukwuani, Esq., Deputy Director, International and Comparative Law Department/ Secretary IMC For: Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary/ Co-Chair IMC,
the Stakeholders’ engagement, is for participants to make contributions on the subject, especially regarding implementation of government policies aimed at addressing the concerns raised in the UN recommendations to Nigeria during its 3rd Cycle review in 2018.
Date: 6th September, 2023
Venue: Sawalino Hotel and Suites Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Brief on the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
The United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States.
It is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the United Nation’s Human Right Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfill their human rights obligations.
The objectives of the UPR are to review the fulfillment of the human rights commitments and obligations of all UN members states (as set out in the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and all Human Rights Instruments to which the state is a party; and to improve the human rights situation in all countries and address human rights violations wherever they occur, amongst others.
Nigeria has been involved in the past UPR process and was reviewed in the First Cycle which was held in 2009, the Second and Third Review Cycles were in 2013 and 2018 respectively. 
Preparations are ongoing for the Fourth Review Cycle in 2024 and the Federal Government of Nigeria constituted the Inter-Ministerial Committee for that purpose.
The aim of the Stakeholders engagement is to collect and collate information on the human right situation in Nigeria for the Fourth Cycle Review.
