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Lekki Shootings And The Violation Of Human Rights: A Qualitative Review Of The Endsars Protest
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1.3 Objective of the study
The sole aim of this study is to expatiate
and amplify the position of the law on protest and civil disobedience
with respect to the Lekki toll gate extra-judicial killings.
1.4 Research Question
What is the position of the law on the use of force during protest and civil disobedience?
Do the Nigeria law freely allow peaceful protest and empower citizens to pursue such?
1.5 Significance of the study
This
study is carried out to in order to enlighten the research audience on
the laws guiding protests and peaceful demonstration. It also seeks to
shed light on the complexities of the laws in Nigeria on peaceful
assembly and protest. It also seeks to reveal the vague nature of the
Nigeria Law on the use of force during protest and porosity of laws
guiding protest in Nigeria.
1.6 Scope and Limitation of the study
This
study is limited to the Lekki Massacre, although reference to
extra-judicial killings by the Nigeria Army are referenced. This study
collects its facts and evidences purely from secondary sources and the
laws examined in this study are limited to the 1999 Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), 1979 Public Order Act, 1960
Criminal Procedure Code, Nigerian Police Force Order 237, Human Rights
Committee Concluding Observations on Nigeria (2019), and ACHPR
Concluding Observations on Nigeria (2015)
1.7 Definition of terminologies
Massacre: an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people
Violation: a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; transgression. an act of infringing.
Human
Rights: Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe
certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected in
municipal and international law.
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