Report on Citizenship Law: Nigeria is proof of citizenship or other legal status in the country (as indicated on the face of the document), and that the burden of proof is on any person or institution contesting this status to show otherwise to the satisfaction of a court. With regards to procedural reforms, perhaps the most important for the implementation of citizenship law in Nigeria is the creation of independent and transparent procedures to determine citizenship status where it is in doubt. At the more practical level, there is a need to redouble efforts to ensure universal birth registration for children born in Nigeria, as well as to improve the outreach of Nigerian consular authorities to Nigerian citizens resident abroad, in particular for the documentation of children born outside the country. 24 RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2020/12- © 2020 Author(s)