What agencies in Nigeria are established to help fight for the human rights?
What agencies in Nigeria are established to help fight for the human rights? This paper discussed three major institutions that are involved in the protection of human rights within Nigeria. These are: the National Human Rights Commission, the Public Complaints Commission and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Are human rights protected in Nigeria? Human rights and fundamental freedoms were recognised in the traditional Nigerian societies. The Independence Constitution of 1960 and the Republican Constitution of 1963 have provisions for the protection of fundamental human rights. The 1979 and the 1999 Constitutions went further by providing a bill of rights. How...