Question 17394 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr Laurent Mazaury draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the situation of women and girls victims of kidnapping and sexual violence in times of conflict in Nigeria. On February 19, 2018, one hundred and ten young girls were kidnapped by a faction of Boko Haram (ISWAP) from the public school in Dapchi, Yobe State. If almost all of them have since been released, Leah Sharibu, then aged fourteen, remains in captivity to this day, eight years after her kidnapping, for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. Testimonies from released fellow prisoners speak of forced marriage, successive pregnancies in captivity and repeated sexual violence. This situation is not isolated. On June 8, 2026, five experts from the United Nations Human Rights Council called on Nigerian authorities to take action immediate measures to protect women and girls at risk and to obtain the release of those who remain captive. Amnesty International also estimated the number of people kidnapped in Nigeria at more than 1,100 during the first three months of 2026. Such acts, when they take place in the context of armed conflict and specifically target women and young girls because of their membership religious, are likely to be qualified as war crimes or crimes against humanity within the meaning of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. He asks him to please specify the actions undertaken by France, both at the bilateral level and within the relevant multilateral forums, in particular the United Nations Human Rights Council, to support efforts in favor of the release of Leah Sharibu and other women and girls held captive in Nigeria and to support the Nigerian authorities in preventing these kidnappings and protecting the most vulnerable populations.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

1. 28 July 2026

   Question

   Source: DateQuestion

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

• Laurent Mazaury · auteur

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.