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Cases On Human Rights

• Volume 1
  Access To Justice
  
  Administrative Law
  
  Adminstration of Justice
  
  Constitutional Law
  
  Employment Rights
  
  Enforcement of Orders
  
  Fundamental Rights
  
  - Children – Special Protection of Children's Rights – Particular Sensitivity to detention of Children – Aggravated Damages appropriate where detention of Child violates protective measures designed for children. - Epeli Seniloli v. Semi Voliti
  
  – Derogation from – Principles for determining lawfulness of derogation – Conditions which derogatory legislation must satisfy - Sunila Abeysekera v. Ariya Rubesinghe

  - Dignity of Person – Whether the arrest and detention of the applicant for five days without trial an infraction of his right to dignity - Ledum Mitee v. Attorney-General of the Federation

  – Fair hearing – Where court arrives at correct decision in breach of fair hearing – Whether breach vitiates the decision - T. M. Orugbo v. Bulara Una & 10 others

  – Fair hearing – Pleadings prepared by laypersons – Duty of court to consider – How such pleadings are to be construed – Xinwa v. Volkswagen of South Africa (PTY) LTD

  – Fairness of trial – Evidence obtained following unlawful search of recovered property – Where the evidence indicts the complainant for a crime not related to the theft - Police taking advantage of the evidence to charge the complainant - Whether admitting such evidence in court would jeopardize the complainant's right to fair trial - Ka Lam Law v. Her Majesty the Queen

  – Freedom of Association – Right to form or belong to a political party – Legislation imposing fee on persons wanting to contest for parliamentary elections – Amendment substantially increasing fee - Whether unreasonable restriction on freedom of association and plaintiff's right to stand for election - Folatalu v. Attorney General

  – Freedom of Association as enshrined in Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – Whether it contemplates that civil servants may become members of political parties - INEC V. Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa

  - Freedom of Expression – Value of Uninhibited Speech to democratic government – Why Right of Free Expression should not be lightly interfered with. - Kauesa v. Minister of Home Affairs and Others

  - Freedom of Expression – Limitation on Freedom – How Restrictions to Rights are interpreted – Circumstances when limitations to Right are permissible - Kauesa v. Minister of Home Affairs and Others

  - Freedom of Expression – Limitations thereof by Legislation – Conditions which legislation must satisfy to pass muster - Kauesa v. Minister of Home Affairs and Others

  – Freedom of Expression – Picketing as a form of free expression – Legality of - When may picketing be restrained - Whether third parties may seek protection from suffering economic harm foisted by picketing activities – Whether proscribing picketing due to economic harm to third parties an unjustifiable restriction on free expression - Pepsi-Cola v. RWDSU

  - Freedom of Expression, Speech and the Press – The Emergency (Prohibition on Publication and Transmission of Sensitive Military Information) Regulation restricting the publication or transmission of specified information relating to military or police operations – Constitutionality of – Under what circumstances may the freedom of speech, expression and of the press may be legitimately limited - Sunila Abeysekera v. Ariya Rubesinghe

  - Remedy for Infringement of Fundamental Rights – Damages – Relevance of different types of damages to nature and gravity of infringement suffered. - Epeli Seniloli v. Semi Voliti

  - Right to Counsel - Duty of Police to inform arrested person of right soon after arrest and detention – Effect of failure to exercise duty on confessional statement allegedly made, upon which a conviction was made - Chase (Athelston) v. Court of Appeal of Barbados
  
  – Right to personal liberty and freedom of movement – Applicant arrested and detained for 5 days without – Effect on right to personal liberty and freedom of movement – Whether need for further investigation a justification for detention beyond constitutionally mandated time to arraign accused person before court of law - Ledum Mitee v. Attorney-General of the Federation

  - Tribunal of Inquiry Act, 1966 – The Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (Oputa Panel) - Powers of the Commission under the Tribunal of Inquiry Act to compel witnesses' appearance before the Commission and to impose punishment – Whether in breach of rights to personal liberty and fair trial by a court of law guaranteed under Sections 35 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution - Fawehimi v. Babangida

  – Tribunal of Inquiry Act – Compulsive power to impose punishment such as fine or imprisonment - Power void for incompatibility with guaranteed rights - Fawehimi v. Babangida

  
  
  Fundamental Rights Enforcement Action
  Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rule
  Human Rights
  Natural Justice
  Remedies

• Volume 2

• Volume 3