United Nations Universal Declarationof Human Right And Protection Of Human Right In Africa: The Nigeria Experience, 2015 – 2021

Abstract

The study examined the United Nations universal declaration of Human Rights and protection of Human Right in Africa the Nigeria experience from 2015 to 2021. The objectives set for the study are: find out if the institutional efforts for the protection of human rights in Nigeria have realized the global effort of  promoting human rights, to ascertain if the global road-map for institutions and bodies which are concerned with human rights has promoted human rights in Nigeria. The researcher made use of documentary method of data collection as the method of data analysis was based on content analysis. The study was anchored on Social Contract theory by John Locke. Amongst others, the findings revealed that the institutional efforts aimed at the protection of human rights in Nigeria such as the establishment of National Human Rights Commission, the Public Complaints Commission, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission have not realized the global effort of promoting human rights in Nigeria. This is because they are to weak and often relies on the whims and caprices of the executive to perform. It further revealed that the road-map for institutions and bodies which are concerned with human rights have enhanced the promotion of human rights in Nigeria.