This article examines the extent to which the jurisprudence of the Nigerian appellate courts
has expanded, maintained or contracted the opportunities of the poor for exercising as …

This article deals with the question whether the jurisprudence of Nigeria's appellate courts
has helped advance or impede the struggles of the poor to assert their human rights in the …

The major objective of this article is to examine the extent to which the human rights
jurisprudence of the Nigerian appellate courts has been sensitive and/or receptive to the …

This article analyses the challenges facing those living in poverty in Nigeria in accessing
justice for the enforcement of their rights, despite those rights being constitutionally protected …

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 …

Drawing upon the important insight of critical human rights scholars that'pro-human rights'
are not necessarily'pro-poor', this article mainly utilises Baxi's germinal thesis on the …

In Nigeria, poor people are vulnerable to various human rights abuses. Their guaranteed
rights under the Constitution are being infringed on a daily basis and this is exacerbated by …

Although national Human Rights Commissions (NHRCs) are institutional mechanisms
suitable for advancing the domestic implementation of socioeconomic rights, traditional …

Under apartheid the judiciary failed to meaningfully confront a racially-divided South Africa
in which civil and political rights were denied to the majority of South Africans. The apartheid …

The African Charter on Human and People's Rights–the Banjul Charter–was adopted in
1981 1 at a time when the socio-economic situation of Africa was a critical issue of debate …