The promotion and protection of human rights have engaged the attention of the world
community, and though the African country of Nigeria has subscribed to major international …

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, human rights
have not only acquired global status and importance but have grown tremendously both in …

UNTIL very recent times human rights in British Africa were protected in the same way,
although not always in the same degree, as in the United Kingdom.'Traditionally English …

This article analyses the domestication of human rights treaties in Nigeria. It points out the
shortcomings of the present dualist model under the 1999 constitution of the Federal …

Human rights are guaranteed in the constitutions of various countries of the world. There are
legal and institutional mechanisms for protecting the human rights guaranteed in these …

In his" Nightmare at Noon," Stephen Vincent Benet speaks of liberty, equality, fraternity, right,
and justice—truths which we hold to be self-evident—and then asks:"... what if these words …

Human rights were entrenched in the Nigerian constitutional structure in the 1960
Independence Constitution and reaffirmed in the 1963 Republican Constitution and the …

Nigeria has a long history of violation of human rights. It is commonly believed that human
rights violations in Nigeria have colonial roots. In an effort to consolidate and expand their …

Although human rights issues have become a global subject with global relevance, States
remain primarily responsible in international law for the promotion and protection of human …

This article examines the status of socio-economic rights in Nigeria against the promise of
better living standards which they offer. Beginning with the regional mechanism for …