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Overcoming the (non)justiciable Conundrum: The Doctrine of Harmonious Construction and the Interpretation of the Right to a Healthy Environment in Nigeria
Ako, Rhuks Stewart, Ngozi Ekhator, Eghosa O.
Ako, Rhuks
Stewart, Ngozi
Ekhator, Eghosa O.
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2015-12-13
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The legal framework regulating socio-economic rights in Nigeria is ambiguous. These rights,
listed under Section II of the constitution titled Fundamental Objectives and Directive
Principles, are non-justiciable by virtue of section 6(6)(c) of the constitution. However, Nigeria
as a dualist state has adopted (ratified and domesticated) the African Charter on Human and
People’s Rights (African Charter) in accordance with relevant constitutional provisions.
Therefore, the provisions of the African Charter are (arguably) part and parcel of Nigeria’s
laws, thus ‘justiciable’.
This paper aims to critically examine the status of the socio-economic rights in Nigeria,
specifically the right to a healthy environment. With extant literature arguing either for or
against the existence of the right to a healthy environment in Nigeria this paper adopts a holistic
approach by critically considering both sides of the argument. Premised on the doctrine of
harmonious construction, the paper aims suggest a means to end the debate that currently the
surrounds the existence and (non)justiciable nature of the ‘right’ to a healthy environment in
Nigeria.
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Ako, R., Stewart, N., & Ekhator, E. O. (2016). Overcoming the (non) justiciable Conundrum: The Doctrine of Harmonious Construction and the Interpretation of the Right to a Healthy Environment in Nigeria. In A. Diver, & J. Miller (Eds.), Justiciability of Human Rights Law in Domestic Jurisdictions (pp. 123-141). Cham: Springer.
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9783319240145