Home›Sources›Human Rights Watch, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna" (2003)SourcesHuman Rights Watch, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna" (2003)Human Rights WatchCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Human Rights Watch, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna" (2003)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/human-rights-watch-the-miss-world-riots-continued-impunity-for-killings-in-kaduna.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Human Rights Watch, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna" (2003). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/human-rights-watch-the-miss-world-riots-continued-impunity-for-killings-in-kadunaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-human-rights-watch-the-miss-world-riots, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Human Rights Watch, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna" (2003)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/human-rights-watch-the-miss-world-riots-continued-impunity-for-killings-in-kaduna}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA Human Rights Watch field investigation into the November 2002 riots that followed protests over the Miss World pageant in Kaduna, Nigeria, which also documents the security forces' extrajudicial killings during the unrest and sets the riots in the context of the city's earlier, larger bout of religious violence over the February 2000 introduction of Sharia law.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (43 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A leading international human rights organization's own field investigation, drawing on named eyewitness interviews and Nigerian judicial commission findings, the same reliability class this atlas already gives the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic, distinguished here as an NGO's own report rather than an intergovernmental body's.NotesWell-attestedA leading international human rights organization's own field investigation, drawing on named eyewitness interviews and Nigerian judicial commission findings, the same reliability class this atlas already gives the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic, distinguished here as an NGO's own report rather than an intergovernmental body's.CitationAuthorWell-attestedHuman Rights WatchPublisherWell-attestedHuman Rights WatchPublication YearWell-attested2003URLWell-attestedhttps://www.hrw.org/report/2003/07/22/miss-world-riots/continued-impunity-killings-kadunaSource TypeWell-attestedorganization primary sourceSourcesHuman Rights Watch, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna" (2003)tier 1Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch, 2003View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (43 claims)This source backs 43 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 9 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicWars & Conflicts, 30 claims: 14 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 9 connected, 2 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Articles, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 general references.Well-attested24ArticlesA Pageant, an Article, and Three Days of RiotingA Pretext, Not a Cause, Human Rights Watch ConcludedA Sharia Announcement and a City DividedSourcesHuman Rights Watch, "The Miss World Riots: Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna" (2003)Wars & ConflictsKaduna Miss World RiotsKaduna Sharia RiotsScholarly debate5Wars & ConflictsKaduna Miss World RiotsKaduna Sharia RiotsConnected9Wars & ConflictsKaduna Miss World RiotsKaduna Sharia RiotsGeneral References5ArticlesA Pageant, an Article, and Three Days of RiotingA Pretext, Not a Cause, Human Rights Watch ConcludedA Sharia Announcement and a City DividedWars & ConflictsKaduna Miss World RiotsKaduna Sharia RiotsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year