TORTURE AND INHUMAN ACT IN NIGERIAN:WHAT IS THENIGERIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION & THE IMPACT OF DEMOCRACY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS

ABSTRACT

Democracy is a legendary system of government in which every country, today their desires to have democracy or claims to be one. Today if truly democracy and human rights are incompatible in certain situation, it means freedom and justice and equality for all branches of people are guaranteed. Democracy ensure human rights to be primarily virtuous, balance and adequate of moderation, furthermore , democracy ensure human rights broadly, human rights include: right to life, liberty, right of property , freedom of speech ,and security of individual, which have  been definite in the constitution. Unfortunately, in Nigerian torture has been considerable through human rights mismanagement. The government agencies, such as military and police brutalize the people by torturing them.

 However, torture and inhuman acts are commonly carried out by government agencies such as police and soldiers. During the military regime in Nigeria, time torture and inhuman acts gained more power for the misdeed of the citizens in Nigeria. Such conditions; torture thoroughly undermined due process and the rule of law, and other inhuman acts were a confirmed routine. Meanwhile inhuman act and torture were implemented by government agencies, such as soldiers; army forces and polices; they thought that torture and abuse of human rights were the best tools to get equitable and eloquent information from suspects. This book concerns with torture and inhuman acts in Nigeria; what is the Nigerian government response to human rights violation; also it would talks about Nigeria economics, poverty and corruption in Nigeria.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CLARIFICATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1- THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR TORTURE AND CRUEL ACT IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER 2- UNITED NATIONS DEFINITION OF TORTURE

CHAPTER3- ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS

CHAPTER 4- NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT ‘S RESPONSE AND FOREIGN PERSPECTIVE, DIPLOMATIC PERSPECTIVE

CHAPTER 5-THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

CHAPTER 6- POVERTY AND CORRUPTION PRACTICE IN NIGERIAN

CHAPTER 7- RECOMMENDATION AND SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN ACTS IN NIGERIA

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