Articles | Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.0q98v0og

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR 2023-2024: CONTENDING LEGAL ISSUES ON DEFENCES OPEN TO ISRAEL

Musa Y Suleiman^*

To put the genocide tendencies of men under the guise of war on check, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (the Convention) and the Rome Statute among other humanitarian international legislations were enacted. Israel experienced the massacre of its citizens in the hands of Hamas on the 7/10/2023. About fourteen hundred people were killed and over a hundred persons abducted...

Jun, 2024 pp. 175-187 19 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2026.ul6bol9t

A Study of the Bondsmen Scheme in Ogun State as a Model for Decongesting Correctional Facilities in Nigeria

Ubose Olorunfemi^*, Eguono Agada-Olorunfemi, Chibueze Maduka, James Odi

One of the critical innovations of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (and Laws of several states) is the provision for the licensing of bondsmen. A bondsman, also known as a bail bond agent or surety, is a third party who guarantees to a court that a defendant will appear in court to stand trial. Some of the challenges faced in bail administration in Nigeria include the absence of bondsme...

Oct, 2026 pp. 188-202 37 views 13 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.b8sg4nd8

AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL IN NIGERIA AND ITS IMPACT ON RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY

Baamlong, Denaaneh Daniel^*, Makplang Fwangson Musa

Human rights issues have not only become a global concern but remarkable interest aimed at protecting and promoting universal respect for, and observance of human rights. The right to a fair trial is one of the universally applicable right guarantees recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and also constitutionally. Using the doctrinal method of legal research, this article apprais...

Jun, 2024 pp. 189-206 21 views 6 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.u2j2t13f

EXISTING STRATEGIES FOR AMELIORATING HOUSING CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL

Issa Akanji Adedokun^*

The right to adequate shelter is a right that is universally acknowledged both nationally and internationally. Despite this global recognition, housing right appears elusive due to the increasing rate of urbanisation resulting in acute housing deficit. The problem of housing is more pronounced in developing countries such as Nigeria than in developed countries. To this end, this paper, through a t...

Jun, 2023 pp. 189-209 24 views 7 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2026.ywogg9i2

Regional Mechanism for Conflict Resolution: An Examination of the ECOWAS Treaty Framework and Recommendations for Enhanced Efficacy

Charles Donglong^*, Onje Gye-Wado

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has emerged as a pivotal actor in the landscape of regional conflict resolution, evolving from a primarily economic bloc into a multifaceted security community. This article provides a comprehensive examination of the conflict resolution architecture of ECOWAS, rooted in the foundational and revised treaties that govern its operations. Methodo...

Oct, 2026 pp. 203-222 37 views 11 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.avk4zx1j

HARMONISING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY WITH CONTRACT LAW

Sylvester N Anya^*

Exponents of the social contract theory claim that the theory offers the philosophical and political platform for advancing the legitimacy of State and the bindingness of criminal law. Not much work has been done to ascertain the extent to which the social contract answers the description of a contract according to contract law. This paper concedes that the social contract can be distinguished fro...

Jun, 2023 pp. 210-232 20 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2026.9ysc4hat

The Rentier Trap and Structural Violence: Conflict-Driven Displacement in Nigeria Goes beyond Bullet Holes

Fatima Omotayo Njoku^*, Onje Gye-Wado

Nigeria’s internal displacement crisis is often blamed on immediate triggers like terrorism, banditry, environmental/climate disasters, communal clashes and ethnoreligious crises. While these factors are real, this article argues that these are symptoms of a deeper, largely ignored structural failure. To address the research problem of how state neglect and weak institutions systematically drive m...

Oct, 2026 pp. 223-244 24 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.d63tpedh

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS ON REMAND IN PRE‐TRIAL DETENTION

Sarah Rinmicit Garba^*

The issue of human rights violations has been at the forefront of most discussions in Nigeria especially in the Correctional Service System. Even though the aim of imprisonment has been to serve as a retribution for offences committed and to serve as a deterrent to others as well as reformation of the offender, investigations have revealed that the prisons are at the fore‐front of abusing the basi...

Jun, 2023 pp. 233-257 18 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2026.hb499odv

A Critical Appraisal of Distress as a Mechanism for Tax Enforcement in Nigeria

Leah Mark Bulus^*, Dominic Asada

The power of distress constitutes one of the mechanisms available to tax authorities for the recovery of unpaid taxes in Nigeria. It provides a relatively less expensive and expeditious means of enforcing tax debts without the delays ordinarily associated with litigation at the Tax Appeal Tribunal and the Courts. However, the extensive powers conferred on tax authorities in the exercise of distres...

Oct, 2026 pp. 245-256 25 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2023.pjyex7pl

THE NEED TO CRIMINALIZE MARITAL / SPOUSAL RAPE IN NIGERIA

Sarah Rinmicit Garba^*

Marital/Spousal rape in marriage is non‐ consensual sex in which the perpetrator is the victim’s spouse. It is a form of domestic violence which has been condoned or ignored by law and the society at large. The reasons for the reluctance by many countries (especially Nigeria), not to criminalize and prosecute marital rape can be attributed to the failure of a precise definition in our laws, the t...

Jun, 2023 pp. 258-280 19 views 9 downloads