On this page, you will find:
To find organisations working for LGBTQI+ rights, visit our Niger LGBTQI+ Resources page.
For Niger country of origin information (COI) experts, reports, commentaries, and relevant documents visit our Niger COI page.
Refugee protection
Click here to see the numbers and origins of refugees hosted by Niger.
The following sections contain information on the most important international treaties and agreements of which Niger is signatory, as well as national legislation relevant to the protection of refugees.
Niger acceded to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in 1961, following its independence, and ratified the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees in 1970 (hereinafter jointly referred to as the 1951 Convention). Moreover, Niger ratified the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (the OAU
Convention) in 1971. Niger also acceded to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons in November 2014 and to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness in 1985, with reservations in respect of Articles 11, 14 and 15. In addition, Niger ratified the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention) in 2012, and was the first country in Africa to adopt a national law on internal displacement.
Click here to see a continous update of Niger’s implemented national laws.
Legal aid organisations
Address: BP 13847, Niamey NIGER
Tel: +227 73 37 39
Fax: +227 73 37 39
Email: abdou_r_manzo@yahoo.fr
Contact Persons:
Mr Maman Wada, Secretaire General
Tel: +227 96 28 79 69
Sidi Abdou, Chargé de l’information et de la communication
Tel: +227 96 46 37 96
Manzo Abdou Rahamanel, Commissare aux affaires etrangeres
Tel: +324 85 406779
MNDHP has worked with refugees from Congo, Liberia and Chad living in Niger. The organisation has also provided legal assistance to the president of the association of refugees living in Niger in connection with his detention. MNDHP has also worked to reintegrate those displaced within Niger. With the assistance of their partners, MNDHP works to obtain potable water, training in hygiene for these populations and to ensure that children in these communities have access to education.
Website
Click here for UNHCR Niger reports and updates.
Click here to see the office addresses of all 9 UNHCR HQs in Niger.
Organisations providing other support to refugees
Website
Contact person: Yann Faivre (Executive Director West & North Africa and Latin America) Email: yann.faivre@drc.ngo
Contact person: Laurent Palustran (Country Director)
Email: laurent.palustran@drc.ngo
DRC operates in five regions of Niger: Tillaberi since 2014, Diffa since 2016, Maradi since 2019, and Dosso and Taouha since 2022. These are the regions in which the inhabitants are among the most vulnerable and at risk of violations of their rights. Several programs are implemented through trans-border initiatives with Mali and Burkina Faso.
DRC supports individuals, households, communities and authorities in the sectors of Protection, Shelter and Settlement, Food Security and Economic Recovery, and Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding.
Website
Address: No 655, rue NB 045, Niamey Bas Terminus, 2ème Arrondissement Niamey
Tel: (227) 20 73 30 37
Email: crniger@intnet.ne
In Niger, the ICRC helps people affected by conflict in the south-east or fleeing fighting in north-east Nigeria. With the Niger Red Cross, we deliver aid, treat the wounded, provide water and support farmers. ICRC monitor International Human Rights Law compliance, protect detainees and help them maintain contact with their families.
Website
Address: Avenue Issa Beri, Rue IB-42, Porte 125, Plateau, Yantala Haut BP 10260, Niamey, Niger, NIF 22093
Tel: +227 2075 25 07
Email: iomniger@iom.int
IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.
The Organization works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, be they refugees, displaced persons or other uprooted people. The IOM Constitution gives explicit recognition to the link between migration and economic, social and cultural development, as well as to the right of freedom of movement of persons.
Niger LGBTQI+ Resources
Find organisations working for refugee LGBTQI+ rights in Niger.
Niger COI
Find Niger Country of Origin information (COI) experts, reports, commentaries, and relevant documents.
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Last updated May 2023