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Research Article
Vol. 10, Issue 1
Normative Guarantees versus Practical Realities: Evaluating Nigeria’s International Legal Obligations on Rights against Torture
The ban against torture constitutes one of the most fundamental norms of international human rights law, recognised as jus cogens and non-derogable under any circumstances. Nigeria, as a State Party to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture thereto, has undertaken substantial normat...