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Human rights in Nigeria are protected under the current constitution of 1999. [1] While Nigeria has made major improvements in human rights under this constitution, the American Human Rights Report of 2012 notes several areas where more improvement is needed, which includes: [2] abuses by Boko Haram, killings by government forces, lack of social equality and issues with freedom of speech.
History. The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has been promoting human rights in Nigeria since it began in 1987. [1] On 12 August 1993, CLO's founder and president Olisa Agbakoba, was part of the leaders of the pro-democracy campaign against the nullification of the 12 June 1993 presidential elections by General Ibrahim Babaginda.
Access to Justice (AJ) is a Nigeria-focused human rights organization based in Lagos.According to their website, "it is a justice advocacy group working to defend the rights of equal and non-discriminatory access to courts of law, expand access of marginalized people to equal and impartial justice, attack corruption in justice administration, support legal struggles for human dignity and ...
The National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria (“the NHRC ”), affiliated with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, was established by the National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Act of 1995 to promote and protect all human rights in Nigeria. [1] The Commission serves as an extra-judicial mechanism which safeguards ...
N. National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons. National Human Rights Commission (Nigeria) Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room. Nigerian Women's Trust Fund.
Jurisdiction. Nigeria, 1984–1999. Nigeria 's Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission, also known as the Oputa Panel after its leader Chukwudifu Oputa, was a commission that was developed following the collapse of the military dictatorship that controlled Nigeria until 1998. [1] It was created by newly elected President Olusegun ...
Emmanuel Nnadozie De Santacruz Onwubiko. Kafanchan, Kaduna, Nigeria. Occupation (s) Human rights activist, social media expert, writer. Emmanuel Nnadozie De Santacruz Onwubiko is a Nigerian journalist of over two decades, he worked for seven years as a sole senior Court /judicial reporter in the nation's capital for The Guardian (Nigeria). [1]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist group in Nigeria that aims to restore the defunct Republic of Biafra, a country which seceded from Nigeria in 1967 prior to the Nigerian Civil War and was subsequently dissolved following its defeat in 1970. [4] Since 2021, IPOB and other Biafran separatist groups have been fighting a low ...