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Bringing Human Rights Home: An Examination of the Domestication of Human Rights Treaties in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2007

Edwin Egede
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Abstract

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 Republic of Nigeria and makes suggestions for reform. It also examines the effect of beliefs and cultural values on the effective application of human rights treaties in Nigeria.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of African Law , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , October 2007 , pp. 249 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 2007

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