Volume: 7 December 2022

Human Rights Articles

School Abductions and School Safety in Nigeria – Reflections on Applicable Legal Instruments

The insecurity situation in Nigeria is currently at a dangerous juncture, following the upsurge in attacks on schools by armed bandits, leading to the abduction of scores of school children. This deve...

International Law Articles

The Western Sahara Fisheries Case in CJEU: An Extended Right to Self Determination for the People of the Western Sahara.

In 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave a landmark judgement involving EU's action on a foreign territory, Western Sahara. CJEU held that the Saharawi people have to be among t...

Human Rights Articles

Legality and Challenges of 'Responsibility to Protect' in Prevention of Mass Atrocities

In fact, the precept of responsibility to protect commonly termed as R2P has been developed for early response to prevent mass atrocity crimes, e.g. genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing or crimes ag...