| Title: | Bringing human rights home: an examination of the domestication of human rights treaties in Nigeria |
| Author: | Egede, Edwin |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Periodical: | Journal of African Law |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 249-284 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| 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. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |
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