Nigeria Headlines
- ABA Advances Anti-TIP Training Goals The Nigeria office of the Rule of Law Initiative conducted Trafficking in Persons (TIP) training programs for trainers within the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) this May.
- Nigerian Program Addressed Human Trafficking The ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) closed its program in Nigeria in January 2009. Over the course of this three-year program, ABA ROLI successfully combated trafficking in persons in Nigeria through three major initiatives—training law enforcement, creating a nationwide electronic database and providing support to trafficking victims.
- ABA ROLI Trains the Trainers on Anti-Trafficking ABA ROLI, in partnership with the Anti-Human Trafficking & Child Labour Unit (AHT&CL) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) facilitated a highly participatory “Train the Trainers” workshop on September 26 and 27, 2007, for trainers within NIS training institutions.
- Skills Training for Counselors of Trafficking Victims in Nigeria From March 12-13, the Rule of Law Initiative's Africa Division and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), with funding from USAID, jointly sponsored a two-day counseling skills workshop in Lagos, Nigeria, for 30 NAPTIP rehabilitation officers representing each of the TIP shelters in Nigeria.
- Anti-Trafficking Workshops are a Success in Nigeria
- ABA ROLI, in collaboration with Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) and the National Judicial Institute (NJI), successfully organized and held pilot anti-trafficking capacity building workshops for high court judges and state prosecutors in Nigeria.
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