Inalienability of human rights. What does this mean? Don’t mind the weirdness of the sound of the word ‘inalienability’. The meaning is not as difficult as it sounds. But to help you understand, we ask you to pay attention to our story about Adaobi. Adaobi, a 15 years old girl is an orphan. She had […]
Essential Attributes of HRs: (3) INDIVISIBILITY & INTERDEPENDENCY
Kabiru works as a security officer in the house of Dr Alabi. Although, he was hired as a ‘gateman’, there is hardly any other chores Kabiru does not do in Dr Alabi’s compound. He washes the cars (Alabi has two, Lexus Jeep and a Toyota 4Runer), does gardening and man the security post. Since he […]
Is child rights protected by law?
Recently a story about a 4-year-old girl, Uloma, made a headline in a regional newspaper, Citizens’ Advocate. Uloma was found in a slave-like manner under the watch of a certain woman, Mrs Nwali Josephine. The woman is not the little girl’s mother. Weeks before Uloma was discovered, she hawked for her ‘madam’, Mrs Nwali, with […]
DOES OUR CONSTITUTION PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS?
Oluchi was on his way to a lecture that morning. About three boys accosted him and ordered that he stopped. He turned towards them and greeted. “O boy e, see this boy oh! Na so them dey greet senior men?”, one of the boys demanded. Oluchi looked confused, wondering what the fuss was about. Before […]
RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING
As Ngozi descended the stairs into the mall hall at the first floor, she just knew she hadn’t been treated right. Tears welled up in her eyes and her knees were still trembling. How come she was not given a chance to defend herself? Each time she attempted to speak before her supervisor and the […]