THE ROLE OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper titled ‘the role of legal practitioners in the protection and promotion of human rights in contemporary Nigeria exposed the position of the Nigeria law on human rights and brought out the real duties of the legal practitioners in Nigeria in ensuring that the provisions of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other laws that deals with human rights in Nigeria are reinforced in practice for the good of the people of Nigeria. It observed that the legal practitioners comprising of members of the bar and members of the bench often seats on edge in the face of fragrant abuse and violation of human rights in Nigeria. The paper, therefore, called on legal practitioners both as individuals and in their collective associations in the bar and in the bench to work assiduously for the true regime of human rights protection and promotion in Nigeria.