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Canadian-Nigerian Human Rights Engagements (1999-2011): An Introduction, Obiora C. Okafor
Canadian-Nigerian Human Rights Engagements (1999-2011): An Introduction, Obiora C. Okafor
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More contemporary Canadian-Nigerian human rights engagements have occurred against the backdrop of a relatively long history of engagement in this area between the two countries, and alongside an even longer history of Canadian-Nigerian relations more generally. These are histories within which one must situate the human rights engagements between these countries during the specific period under study here. As is well known, Canada established diplomatic relations with Nigeria shortly after Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule in 1960. Nigeria reciprocated in 1973. It is noteworthy that Canada has for several decades now funded or otherwise supported many human rights efforts …
Praxis And The International (Human Rights) Law Scholar: Toward The Intensification Of Twailian Dramaturgy, Obiora C. Okafor
Praxis And The International (Human Rights) Law Scholar: Toward The Intensification Of Twailian Dramaturgy, Obiora C. Okafor
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The article critically reflects on the role of the TWAILian international (human rights) law scholar in the socio-economic and political struggles which take place outside the academe; focusing, for the most part, on our role as scholars in advancing struggles in favour of subaltern Third World peoples from within or in concert with international institutions and various kinds of what I will refer to in this paper as “on-the-ground” activist groups (such as social movements and NGOs). The article begins by examining some of the various ideas and conceptions of praxis, so as to be clear from the outset as …