The Report of the OHCHR on witchcraft accusation in 2023 notes the same about Nigeria where accusation of witchcraft is accepted as a ground for asylum seeking for Nigerians, highlighting decisions of domestic courts of host states recognising the practice as persecution.28 The Committee and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child have both called on the Respondent State to take measures to address the practice of witchcraft accusation in their concluding observations and recommendations.29 The Complainants, claiming the ongoing and widespread nature of the practice, also substantiated their claims by submitting list of incidents of violence caused by witchcraft accusation in various states of the Respondent State. In this regard, the Committee concludes that the practice of witchcraft accusation remains widespread and ongoing in the Respondent State. The Committee, therefore, rejects the Respondent State’s assertion that the practice has been eliminated. 53. The Committee further notes the absence of sufficient evidence demonstrating effective investigation and prosecution of perpetrators, with only one pending case cited by the Respondent State despite the scale and gravity of the violations alleged. Considering that the practice is widespread and ongoing in the Respondent State, the Committee also notes that no mapping of the practice to assess its status has been carried out by the Respondent State. Witcraft accusation against children and associated discrimination and stigmatization of children accused is being committed with impunity in many cases.30 The Committee therefore finds that the State Party should have undertaken measures to map the practice, duly investigate reported cases, and ensure the prosecution of perpetrators to discharge its duty to protect children from all forms of discrimination in line with its obligation under Article 1 and 3 of the Charter. The Committee finds that the assumption of the Respondent State that the practice has been eliminated in the presence of various reported incidents to its own shelters and other reports drawing its attention to the practice is a violation of its obligation to take appropriate measures to address the discriminatory practice. Accordingly, the Committee concludes that the Respondent State perpetuates discriminatory practices against children accused of witchcraft by failing to take appropriate measures to prevent, investigate, and prosecute acts arising from witchcraft accusations, contrary its obligations under Articles 1 and 3 of the Charter. 54. With regards to the violation of Article 13 on the rights of children with disabilities in relation to their freedom from discrimination, the Committee notes that the article obliges States to take special measures for children with disabilities to ensure their witchcraft#:~:text=Children%20accused%20of%20witchcraft%20may,%5BSecurity%20situation%202 021%2C%202.34. 28 Human Rights Council, Study on the Situation of the Violations and Abuses of Human Rights Rooted in Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks, as well as Stigmatization Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, A/HRC/52/47 of 2023, para 47. 29 ACERWC Concluding Observation and Recommendation to the Federal Republic of Nigeria on its First Periodic Report para 40; UN CRC Concluding Observation and Recommendations on the Third and Fourth Periodic Report of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2010, para 67,68. 30 Resolution Adopted by the Human Rights Council, A/HRC/RES/47/8 of 2021. 16