PRESS RELEASE ON THE IMPLICATION OF THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE [PROHIBITION] ACT 2013 by The Special Rapp
The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa, Mrs ReineAlapini-Gansou, has taken note of the promulgation on 13 January...
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CLAUSE BY CLAUSE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA SAME SEX MARRIAGE (PROHIBITION) LAW, 2013.
………Coalition for Sexual Rights in Nigeria 1. Clause 1(1): Marriage contract or civil union entered into between persons of same sex is...
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NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS AND CSOs CONDEMN THE PASSAGE OF THE SAME SEX MA
We, the undersigned human rights defenders, groups, individuals and civil society organizations hereby demand that the recent passage of...
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