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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.
Add additional information to the section By Country under Nigeria. Also write on other countries where it exists 47 Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee: Add wikilinks to the new sections created. Add additional information under the section "Status and Conservation" on conservation efforts, human activities that affects the specie and how it affects it.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) estimates that Nigeria fulfills 48.2% of the expected obligations for the right to health, based on its income. [3] For children's health, Nigeria achieves 66.6% of what is expected, while for adults, the figure is 61.7%. Reproductive health performance is particularly low, at 16.3% of the expected ...
A West African court has found the Nigerian government guilty of human rights abuses during its suppression of the 2020 #EndSARS protests against alleged police brutality.
WikiForHumanRights 2023 is aimed at writing about human rights, environmental health, and diverse communities impacted by environmental issues around the world.. About: This is a global writing contest aimed at creating and improving existing articles across various Wikimedia projects related to human rights and topics related to the triple planetary crises: Climate Change, Pollution and ...
It monitors human rights in Nigeria, assists victims of human rights violations, and helps in the formulation of the Nigerian Government's policies on human rights. [2] This institution was initiated to comply with the demands of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, United Nations Charter, Universal Declaration on Human Rights and ...
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.
Desertification is one of the issues of environmental concern in Nigeria, particularly the northern part of the country. According to UNEP [4] in 1993, Northern Nigeria has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world at about 3.5%, caused by land degradation, increase in agricultural intensity, over-grazing of livestock, and demand for fuel by cutting down trees.