THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
Torture, Human Rights, Interrogation, Cruel Treatment, ViolationAbstract
This paper focuses on the role of the National Human Rights Commission against Human Rights violation (especially, torture) in the Nigeria society. This Essay identifies the issues surrounding the National Human Rights Commissions and why it has not been able to effectively solve the problem of torture and upholding human rights. Also portrayed in this essay are some situational analyses of victims, by restating some of the acts performed by law enforcement officers in Nigeria which differ from the protection and promotion of human rights. In the end, the essay concludes that the NRHC is well positioned to ending human rights violation in our society- since there is a legal framework, prosecution of human rights violators and criminalizing the use of torture can be achieved if implementation becomes the watch word. This study made use of a good qualitative research design known as Phenomenology. This was used in describing the essence of the Nigeria Police establishment; by giving an overview of the Nigeria society from pre-colonial era up till the democratic era to strike a balance on the changing pattern of human rights violation antecedents. The research methods employed are derived from primary and secondary sources (both primary and secondary sources were reported using the triangulation process). The retrieved data from books, journals and newspapers were analyzed using content analysis.
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