A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATION 1999-2015

Abstract

The study examines a critical analys.is on human rights violations in Nigerian democratic
dispensation 1999-2015. The study relied on secondary sources of data as veritable
tools for its analysis. The objective of the study is to put an end to all forms of human
rights violations in Nigeria. The study revealed that despite the many years of democratic
practice in Nigeria, human rights violations are going on unabated. Further findings
revealed that instead of democracy to end human rights violations, it is rather
encouraging them. The gap of the study is that all fundamental human rights should be
protected and respected whether in democracy or in the military regimes. The framework
of analysis upon which the study is anchored is the theory of natural law. The study
concludes that the rule of law which guarantees human rights protection is lacking in
Nigerian form of democracy: The study recommends that democratic and human rights
principles must be sacrosanct, respected, protected and promoted in all democratically
elected governments in Nigeria.