• Contributing to the reduction of acts of torture throughout the judicial chain

• Improving access to justice and legal services for victims of torture

• Strengthen the knowledge and skills of judicial authorities

• Promote better knowledge and application of the principles of the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)

• 70 cases of torture and ill-treatment will be identified and followed up with national and one emblematic case will be carry out at the ECOWAS regional court ECOWAS

• 10 women in detention would have been provided free legal assistance.
  Victims of torture and ill-treatment will be provided with legal and judicial assistance. Special attention will be paid to women and minors in detention.

• Penalties will be imposed on the perpetrators of acts of torture and ill-treatment.

• 19 judicial actors would have been trained on the anti-torture Act and International and regional Human Rights instruments prohibiting the use of torture by security personnel

• 15 Police Officers from the Police Complaints Response Unit (P-CRU)in Abuja and target states would have received specialized training on complaints reception and documentation of Human Rights violations and the anti torture Act 

• The population is informed of its rights and knows where to report cases of torture.

MEETING WITH STATE AUTHORITIES to raise awareness of respect for laws against torture

• LEGAL, TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT to lawyers involved in the project to provide legal aid to persons in (pre-trial) detention or sentenced to cruelty.

• IDENTIFICATION OF CASES OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT COMMITTED AGAINST PERSONS IN DETENTION AND CASES OF PERSONS PROSECUTED FOR OFFENCES BASED ON CONFESSIONS OBTAINED UNDER TORTURE.

• LEGAL AID SERVICE provided by a liaison lawyer in each State of intervention

• INITIATION OF HIERARCHICAL OR JUDICIAL REMEDIES against the perpetrators of acts of torture

• RECORDING OF ALL CASES PROCESSED to provide statistical data on the nature of cases, legal actions taken and decisions rendered by the Court

• COMMUNICATION ACTIONS on the visibility of acts of torture in order to reduce them

THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (NHRC) AND THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION - NBA) WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE SEINE-SAINT-DENIS BAR ASSOCIATION, THE LILLE BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE (UNVFVT), WHICH HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THE PROJECT SINCE 2014.