Established in May 1995, the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) is a Lagos-based non-governmental and nonpartisan organization concerned with the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) in Nigeria. Through its four mutually reinforcing programs -- the Monitoring and Advocacy Program (MAP), the Community Action Program (CAP), the Legal Action Program (LAP) and the Policy Advocacy Program (PAP) -- SERAC seeks to build awareness about economic, social and cultural rights and explore strategies for securing their realization. In addition, SERAC aims at broadening individuals’ and communities’ access to, and strengthening their participation in the design and implementation of social and economic policies and programs that affect them. SERAC’s objectives are to: • Research, monitor and document Nigeria’s economic, social and cultural rights practices; • Educate and create public awareness about economic, social and cultural rights; • Provide legal assistance to individuals or groups seeking to assert their economic, social and cultural rights, and litigate in the public interest; • Promote the rights of marginalized sections of the population (e.g. women, children, the aged, the disabled, People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and ethnic minorities) to be treated on the basis of equality and non-discrimination; among others