Nigeria: No more forced evictions in Nigeria (Postcard)

End forcEd Evictions in nigEria xxxxxx End forcEd Evictions in nigEria PLEASE DETACH POSTCARD AND KEEP THIS SECTION End forcEd Large-scale evictions and the demolition of thousands of homes continue to devastate Evictions lives in Nigeria. [...] However, as with other provisions on social and economic rights, this falls within the Constitution’s “directive principles” and is not guaranteed as a human right. [...] As a result, thousands of people in informal settlements across the country remain at risk of forced eviction, which is not prohibited under Nigerian law. [...] Nigeria is a state party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other international and regional human rights treaties which require states to realize the right to adequate housing, and to prevent and refrain from carrying out forced evictions. [...] English Your Excellency, I am very concerned about the millions of people in Nigeria who have lost their homes and livelihoods as a result of large-scale evictions.