Human Rights Violations and Transitional Justice in Nigeria's Niger Delta during Civilian Rule

A Focus on the Fourth Republic

Bibliographic Data

ID6156932
AuthorsNathaniel Umukoro (0000-0002-3335-6017, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume35
Issue1
Pages87-103
Publication date2018-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of global south studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2476-1397 • E-ISSN: 2476-1419
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/gss.2018.0005
OpenAlexW2803273709
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

Human rights violations and violent conflicts in the Niger Delta of Nigeria have elicited interest from scholars and international agencies. Although studies provide significant insights into the conflicts in the Niger Delta, the issue of transitional justice has not been adequately considered. This article examines human rights violations and transitional justice in the Niger Delta. It begins with the conceptualization of human rights violations and transitional justice. It then offers a historical contextualization of oil production in Nigeria and an overview of the human rights situation in the Niger Delta. The key argument of the article is that efforts to ensure peace in the Niger Delta have not been associated with an effective transitional justice system. Since transitional justice is a requirement for sustainable peace after periods of gross human rights violations and violent conflict, efforts should be made to put transitional justice mechanisms in place to punish perpetrators of human rights violations and provide redress for victims

Conceptualization · Contextualization · Delta · Economic Justice · Human rights · Niger delta · Political science · Redress · Sociology · Transitional justice · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues

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