[{"bbox": [96, 177, 1134, 340], "category": "Text", "text": "Currently, between 7 000 and 8 000 alleged terrorism-related detainees, are waiting to be processed either through OPSC, or the criminal justice system, for those who have committed federal crimes under the national anti-terror legislation. Since many of these detainees have been held for a very long period of time without a proper trial, and most of these persons were apprehended in conflict areas by the military, there is currently very limited evidence with which to prosecute them for terrorism crimes and thus a pressing need to properly investigate their cases as expeditiously as possible so that they can either be referred for trial or released."}, {"bbox": [96, 364, 1127, 524], "category": "Text", "text": "The Nigerian Police Force is seriously underfunded and underequipped. Nigerian law enforcement and security agencies are plagued by a profound lack of interconnectivity, both within organizations and between them. Most databases are still paper-driven making data retention and retrieval both difficult and time-consuming. Investigators in the north-east also have little access to modern forensic capabilities; the main national forensic laboratory is located in Lagos, more than 750 miles from Maiduguri, and there is no mechanism for moving evidence securely around the country."}, {"bbox": [96, 549, 1127, 761], "category": "Text", "text": "As a result, investigation remains largely interrogative in nature, and most cases brought to court still depend on confessional evidence. Such an emphasis on confessional evidence is a major driver of abuse in police custody. In addition, military personnel operating in support of law enforcement activities do not receive specialized training on evidence collection. On the rare occasions that physical evidence is recovered there are not sufficient mechanisms in place to process, store, and exploit it successfully for the purposes of supporting criminal trials. Any comprehensive intervention designed to improve the collection and handling of evidence submitted to the Nigerian judicial system must necessarily encompass every stage in the evidence pipeline from the frontline to the court room."}, {"bbox": [96, 786, 1135, 923], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action recognises that criminal justice and specifically investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of terrorism cases, including preventive measures which will lead to changes in the governance structure of Nigeria, are the most critical aspects for strengthening the judicial system. This SD3R will build on the identified achievements as well as gaps and needs of two previous counter-terrorism (CT) criminal justice projects developed by UNODC, funded under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) (2013 - 2015, 2016 - 2017)."}, {"bbox": [96, 947, 387, 972], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## FORCED DISPLACEMENT"}, {"bbox": [96, 999, 1135, 1161], "category": "Text", "text": "Forced displacement and impact on human mobility are the main consequences of conflict, as recently evidenced by the mass movements of farmers and herders from insecure areas in the BAY States. In this context, developing strategies for the return of former associates and their families to their communities (many of them were actually forcibly displaced) in an informed, consent-based, safe and sustainable manner, in compliance with the Kampala Convention on the rights of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) is a way to promote a positive and organized mobility that, in the long term, establishes the foundations of reconciliation and peace."}, {"bbox": [96, 1186, 1135, 1293], "category": "Text", "text": "By supporting the reintegration of former associates and the return of people who were in areas of influence of the Non-State Armed Groups, the social fabric of affected communities is in the process of reconstruction through socioeconomic recovery and an array of peacebuilding interventions that contribute to the restoration of trust, social cohesion, and stability, while taking into account the statelessness issue."}, {"bbox": [85, 1306, 341, 1338], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.2 Problem Analysis"}, {"bbox": [96, 1353, 1135, 1515], "category": "Text", "text": "Years of ongoing conflict have created divisions within communities. There remains resentment between those who stayed in the community and those who left the community either on their evolution to be part of the insurgent groups or as a result of the occupation of their communities and their coercion to participate in the conflict in a variety of ways. Many have now found the opportunity to exit from these situations as part of the large-scale exits witnessed in the Northeast. Scars of conflict have created trauma at the community level, which creates a complex situation concerning support and acceptance of various concerted efforts on reintegration."}, {"bbox": [96, 1538, 1135, 1593], "category": "Text", "text": "One of the main issues in the conflict in the NE is that victims, perpetrators, and survivors continue to live in the same communities. This coexistence continues to be marked by legacies of the violence, including residual fear,"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 39"}]