Browsing by Author "Olatoke J.O"

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    An Overview of the Defences Available to insurer(s) in Marine Insurance Contract
    (Abia State University, Uturu, 2012) Olokooba S.M; Olatoke J.O; Ijaiya N.O.A; Ismail Adua Mustapha
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    Appraising the global right issues; a focus on protection of dignity and right in Nigeria
    (Published by University of Fort Hare, Bisho Campus, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2017) Josephine A.A.A; Adebayo M.K; Olatoke J.O; Afolabi O.S
    ​The turmoil and atrocities of the first and second world wars resulting in genocide and holocaust executed by Hitler's Nazi Germany against the Jewish people throughout Europe, as well as wanton destruction of cities, persecutions, discriminations, lack of basic liberties, ethnic cleansing among others were caused by disregard and contempt for human rights. People and cities were massacred in numbers by the warring camps. This outraged the conscience of mankind and brought about the need for protection of fundamental rights of human beings in the form of Covenants, Protocols and Declarations. One of such was Universal Declaration of Human Rights by members of the United Nations. The declaration, not being a legal document was only binding morally on the conscience of members. Any State wishing to give it legal force had a duty to adopt it through its country’s legislative powers. It is important to note that the Declaration covers a wide gamut of human right breaches. The starting point was to recognize equality of mankind even though this was totally at variance with Hitler's view of superiority of the German race. ​In this paper protection of human right to dignity is the focus and it would highlight the various forms of violations of the human right to dignity. In this regard, violations resulting in humiliation, instrumentalization, degradation, dehumanization, trafficking, prostitution, traditional widowhood practices among others will be considered. Specific attention will be given to violence against women and children born and unborn as well as rights in armed conflicts because of their vulnerability. ​The paper concludes by looking at the impact of insurgencies in Nigeria in the face of all the laws protecting human rights.