The major religions are christianity and islam about 5050 with sharia law imposed in the northern states. These rights are contained in chapter iv of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria, and are officially known as fundamental rights. The rule of law and democracy has become the major features of any civilized society, without which such. A declaration that the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights to life and dignity of human person provided in sections 33i and 34i of the constitution of federal republic of nigeria 1999 inevitably includes the. Right to life every person has a right to life, and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty in nigeria section 33 of the 1999 constitution. Archived from the original pdf on 21 november 2015. All contemporary states endeavour to ensure that human rights are. Nigerias federal and state governments should ensure the rights to food, shelter and other basic necessities for people losing jobs or income. The nigerian democracy is stripped of its one of its beauties, upholding human of rights, by the rulers and their cohorts. To concretize and energise human rights protection at national level, virtually all national constitutions embody human. And where it is denied, life becomes meaningless and hopeless. According to the constitution of the federal republic of nigeria, these are the fundamental human rights.
The ongoing boko haram conflict in the northeast, cycles of communal violence between pastoralists and farmers, and separatist protests in the south defined nigerias human rights landscape in 2017. Myth, manoeuvre and reality article pdf available in journal of international studies january 2016 with 8,720 reads how we measure reads. The study, therefore, investigates the question whether constitutional formalism or. They are rights that are referred to as inalienable rights, rights for which the law has made specific and special provision.
In 2015 citizens elected president muhammadu buhari of the all progressives congress party to a fouryear term in the first successful democratic. In fact, firstly as a human, and as a citizen of a particular country, there are certain things youre automatically entitled to and they are called your rights. Since its return to democracy in 1999, nigeria has. Human rights in nigeria are protected under the most current constitution of 1999. A crucial question that encapsulates the main objective of the study is how can nigeria entrench a culture of constitutionalism. Abstract human rights have enjoyed tremendous attention and expansion at the global level. Human rights activists, bloggers, journalists and other media workers. Nigeria is africas most populous country with about 200 million people and has the largest economy with a gdp of over 375 billion. Human rights are among the essentials of democracy and good governance. Everyone has at one point or the other heard the word human rights. Phd senior lecturer faculty of law university of calabar calabar, nigeria. Human rights and judiciary as constituents of constitutionalism are the main focus of that investigation. Fundamental human rights in nigeria nigerian finder.
Respect for human rights enriches democracy and makes it the best option among many others. In nigeria, human rights are embodied in two separate chapters, encapsulating both the civil and political rights and the economic, social and cultural rights. Pdf boko haram and human rights violation in nigeria. Constitution of the federal republic of nigeria wipo. Human rights watch calls on the nigerian government to signal a. Nigeria 2018 human rights report executive summary nigeria is a federal republic composed of 36 states and the federal capital territory fct. Nigerian lawyers and reproductive health rights bioline. In contravention of national and international law, information extracted by torture and illtreatment is routinely accepted as evidence in court. In nigeria, every 14 th of december sees us celebrate the human rights. Executive summary in addition to being a party to the african charter, the constitution of nigeria guarantees the fundamental rights to life, 4 respect for the dignity of the person, 5 liberty, 6 a fair and speedy trial, 7 privacy, 8 freedom of assembly and association, 9 and nondiscrimination.