Reasons For Socio Economic Rights

Instead of focusing on diversifying, the leaders of the country focus on gaining power and standing in the government. “Nigeria’s most daunting challenge lies in overcoming the severe divisions among its competing religious and ethnic groups” . Moreover, once they gain it, their problems do not end, since they must look over their back, never knowing how long they will hold on to the little power they have. Meanwhile, the common person suffers, as he is neglected by his government and must survive on his own. “The standard of living declined even further than before and external debts increased.” This neglect of the common man bodes ill for the government, as it is the common man who votes in the polls. However, the vote does very little, since corruption is rampant in Nigeria.

Nigeria is one of the African countries that is responding to Western pressures to make its states acquire a liberal and democratic culture. Over the years, Nigeria has practiced what can be described as fraudulent democracy. This democracy has been characterized by obnoxious acts such as indiscriminately using money and by very powerful and influential members of the elite class, popularly called ‚political godfathers,’ imposing political leaders on the people. This situation has already become a culture in Nigeria because many politicians who want to contest and win elections always look for such persons to support them. This means that they no longer depend on the electorates to win elections, but instead rely on the political godfathers. This political culture was truncated in the 2007 gubernatorial election in Edo state, Nigeria. This paper examines how the problem of money politics and political godfatherism can be eliminated from Nigeria’s politics in order to strengthen democratic governance in the country. The methodology of the study is essentially analytical and based on lessons from

An inequality in society, economy, wealth distribution, and political corruption and the influence in cooperation of government led to

This critique will outline the following, but not limited to: a brief summary of the article itself, a detailed review and assessment of the writing, and a choosing of agreement or disagreement.

Civil Rights is the rights of citizens political and social freedom and equality. In history we learned about civil rights movements that have went on throughout the years. There was Civil Rights act of 1968, Civil Rights act of 1964, and Civil Rights act of 1965. The civil rights act of 1968 was to enforce the system to the indians. This also gave everyone an equal opportunity. Civil Rights act of 1965 was to enforce the right to vote no matter the race. Civil rights act 1964 was about voting also. WIthin all these acts that went on they were all talking about equality with white and black citizens. What I do not understand is how white people were born to have these rights and why the blacks had to fight for them. Like how did the white

As part of his “Entitlement Theory of Justice”, Robert Nozick argues that patterned principles of distributive justice are ultimately unjust as they interfere with individuals’ natural rights. A principle of distributive justice is “patterned” if it “specifies that a distribution is to vary along with some natural dimension, weighted sum of natural dimensions, or lexicographic ordering of natural dimensions,” he explains. So, a principle that distributed goods in society to individuals according to need, usefulness to society, intelligence, or some combination thereof is pattered according to Nozick’s definition. In Nozick’s libertarian view, “the minimal state is the most extensive state that can be [morally] justified” without

There is a close relationship between human rights and criminal law. The scope of my paper will surround human rights and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in addition to human rights and international crimes. International criminal justice in this context speaks to those interested in prosecuting against the background of international human rights and humanitarian norms. The use of criminal law has many positive effects and pursues many goals that are worth considering. For example, deterrence, accountability and punishment are important principles that will be discussed in the context of human rights. Is the International Criminal Court an effective method to promote and protect human rights internationally? If so, why and how?

OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly in the instructions below. They will serve as reminders that this is a formal assignment and sentence

The researcher has made the following conclusions according to the results of the current study:

This also shows that Carroll’s pyramid is floored with regards to African countries such as Nigeria due to the way they still perceive the law and ethical regimes. ‘The legal responsibilities of business refer to the positive and negative obligations put on businesses by the laws and regulations of the society where it operates’. (Carroll 2010)

“economic, social and cultural rights have been seen as requiring high levels of investment, while civil and political rights are said simply to require the State to refrain from interfering with individual freedoms. It is true that many economic, social and cultural rights sometimes require high levels of investment—both financial and human—to ensure their full enjoyment. However, economic, social and cultural rights also require the State to refrain from interfering with individual freedoms, for instance trade union freedoms or the right to seek work of one’s choosing. Similarly, civil and political rights, although comprising individual freedoms, also require investment for their full realization. For example, civil and political rights require infrastructures such as a functioning court system, prisons respecting minimum living conditions for prisoners, legal aid, free and fair elections, and so on.”

I argue that human rights are more regional in nature, due to three specific factors; economic development, political discourse and cultural relativism.

Corruption can be defined as the use of entrusted power to accumulate public wealthy for personal benefit. Corruption is not peculiar to any country, continent or state; it is sure a global issue which is an endemic to all government all over the world. However, corruption is prevalent in the Niger delta region of Nigeria; public officers in this oil producing state of Nigeria are corrupt. Consequently, it has defied the Niger delta from developing politically and economically which has left the states reputation in a mess. Radicalization of youths, abject poverty and -political instability are the three leading effects of corruption in the Niger delta region of Nigeria.

Despite being one of the richest countries in Africa due to their geological advantage of supplying excessive gas and oil, Nigeria faces severe human rights challenges. This is primarily due to the inefficient and unjust response to the mass violence prevalent in that country. In this paper, I will examine two aspects of this issue. First, I will examine the nature of the post-colonial state and its impact on the legal rights of Nigerian citizens. Secondly, I will outline the two sources of human rights violations that are most significant: the response of the government to threats to its territorial integrity and the persistence of intra-ethnic violence. One source of human rights violations is the unjust government response to internal security threats from terrorist groups like Boko Haram. The government’s focus on territorial protection as opposed to protecting and aiding the Nigerian people who are experiencing the brutal attacks from Boko Haram has contributed to the deterioration of the human rights situation. For, Nigeria has been at war with Boko Haram for years. Secondly, disagreements among ethnic groups who seek “power, access to land between nomadic pastoralists and farming communities” also threatens the rights of Nigerians.

Human rights abuses are one of the major issues in society. With the rise of globalisation and emergence of international and domestic social movements the problem has been reduced however it is still alive. This essay aims to investigate the influence of globalisation on emergence, development and outcomes of social movements that seek to protect human rights. (60 words)