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Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of ...
Crimes against humanity, whether committed in time of war or in time of peace, as defined in the Charter of the Nürnberg International Military Tribunal, eviction by armed attack or occupation, inhuman acts resulting from the policy of apartheid, and the crime of genocide as defined in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of ...
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity; Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The constitution of Nigeria is the written supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Nigeria has had many constitutions. Its current form was enacted on 29 May 1999 and kickstarted the Fourth Nigerian Republic .
The U.S. was a natural partner for Nigeria in planning this transition, both because Nigeria's last democratic constitution had been modelled on its own, and because U.S. President Bill Clinton entered office in 1993 intending to undertake a policy of active engagement in Africa, and one which, in the post-Cold War international environment ...
During the evolution of international justice, many wars were considered rebellions or unlawful by one or more combatant sides. In such cases, the servants of the "criminal" sovereign were often considered accomplices and their persons violated. In other circumstances, harbingers of inconsiderable demands were killed as a declaration of war.
Nigeria–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations (1 C, 1 P) Nigeria–São Tomé and Príncipe relations (2 C, 1 P) Nigeria–Saudi Arabia relations (4 C, 1 P)
The Aburi Accord or Aburi Declaration was reached at a meeting between 4 and 5 January 1967 in Aburi, Ghana, attended by delegates of both the Federal Government of Nigeria (the Supreme Military Council) and Eastern delegates led by the Eastern Region's leader Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.