A rights-based approach to indigenous minorities : focus on the Urhobo and Ogoni peoples of the Niger Delta in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.advisor Matusse, Angelo
dc.contributor.postgraduate Tareri, Avwomakpa
dc.date.accessioned 2008-11-20T07:22:23Z
dc.date.available 2008-11-20T07:22:23Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2008.
dc.description A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Mr. Angelo Matusse, of the faculty of law, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique en_US
dc.description.abstract Indigenous people (IP) and minorities (IM)have similar problems of political, economic, and social marginalisation. The Nigerian government (hiding behind the veil of the African Union) does not recognise the indigenous status of deserving ethnic groups. This has left indigenous minorieties unprotected. Considering the situation in Africa generally, and in Nigeria specifically, this research work is aimed at answering the following questions: (1) Will the protection and promotion of the rights of IP in Africa not be effective if they are considered as IM; thereby giving the dominant majority a place in the ‘indigeneity’ of the country? (2) How can the IP of the minority tribes in the Niger Delta be entitled to legal protection from non-recognition of their status by the government? (3) Assuming, but not conceding, that everyone in Nigeria is indigenous to the country and to every region of the country, does this deprive IM in an age-long marginalised region a special attention by means of affirmative action? (4) What legal protection is accorded to minorities among IP? (5) Are there negative implications for ethnic minorities in the different regions of a country by the blanket recognition of all natives of that country as IP? (6) How can the available legal framework under the United Nations and the African Union for the protection of IP and minorities be effectively utilised to the advantage of IP despite the current position of the African Union on IP? en_US
dc.description.degree LLM
dc.description.department Centre for Human Rights
dc.description.uri http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ en_US
dc.identifier.citation Tareri, A 2008, A rights-based approach to indigenous minorities : focus on the Urhobo and Ogoni peoples of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8004>
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8004
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
dc.relation.ispartofseries LLM Dissertations en_US
dc.rights Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria en_US
dc.subject UCTD
dc.subject Indigenous minorities en_US
dc.subject Niger Delta legal protection en_US
dc.subject United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Human rights -- Nigeria
dc.subject.lcsh Indigenous peoples -- Nigeria en_US
dc.title A rights-based approach to indigenous minorities : focus on the Urhobo and Ogoni peoples of the Niger Delta in Nigeria en_US
dc.type Mini Dissertation en_US


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