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Title:The Promise of Constitutionalism and the Challenge of Militarism: Constraints and Possibilities of the Human Rights Movement in Nigeria
Author:Ibhawoh, BonnyISNI
Year:2003
Periodical:Democracy and Development: Journal of West African Affairs
Volume:3
Issue:2
Period:June
Pages:16-36
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:action groups
human rights
Politics and Government
Law, Human Rights and Violence
History and Exploration
Abstract:In comparing the different phases of the human rights movement in Nigeria, this paper examines the successes, travails and constraints of the human rights movement as it has evolved in Nigeria. It explores the ways in which the movement has contended with the dynamics of colonialism and militarism in the nation's political development. Overall, it evaluates the relevance, viability and legitimacy of the human rights movement in Nigeria within the context of changing sociopolitical realities. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in French. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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