Amnesty as a Public Policy Tool for Countering Insurgence in Nigeria

Amnesty as a Public Policy Tool for Countering Insurgence in Nigeria
Author: Dr Ayodeji a Dada
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-01-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781654230623

Dr. Ayodeji Ayodele Dada is an avid scholar who migrated to the United States in 2005. Dr. Dada earned his undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance from Kean University and his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Walden University. This book provides much-needed answers to whether amnesty is an appropriate public policy tool to address a much more comprehensive audience. It explores and examines amnesty as a public policy tool in countering insurgency in Nigeria. The conflict theory plays a significant role to ascertain if the continuing conflict can end the protracted violence in Nigeria and bring long-term peace. The significant key is to determine measures to be adopted in achieving significant objectives of the amnesty program by eradicating violence in the Republic of Nigeria. The questions of amnesty cannot be undermined because the amnesty program is a mechanism the government can use in resolving disagreements, conflicts and in stimulating widespread economic, social, and political growth for the county.

The Provocations of Amnesty

The Provocations of Amnesty
Author: Erik Doxtader
Publisher: New Africa Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2003
Genre: Amnesty
ISBN: 9780864866158

South Africa's amnesty was a unique experiment. A path that lay 'between a Nuremberg option and total amnesia, ' the amnesty process was designed in the heat of a remarkable and complex transition to constitutional democracy

Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law

Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law
Author: Josepha Close
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-05-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351180215

Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law examines the permissibility of amnesties for serious crimes in the contemporary international order. In the last few decades, there has been a growing tendency to consider that amnesties are prohibited in respect of certain grave crimes. However, the question remains controversial as there is no explicit treaty ban and general amnesties continue to be frequently issued in post-conflict and transitional contexts. The first part of the book explores the use of amnesties from antiquity to the present day. It reviews amnesty traditions in ancient societies and provides a global picture of modern amnesties. In parallel, it traces the development of the accountability paradigm underpinning the current prohibitive stance on amnesties. The second part assesses the position of modern international law on amnesties. It comprehensively analyses the main arguments supporting the existence of a general amnesty ban, including the duty to prosecute international crimes, the right to redress of victims of human rights violations, international standards and trends in state practice, and the mandate of international criminal courts. The book argues that, while international legal or policy requirements restrict the freedom of states to extend amnesty in respect of serious crimes, or the effectiveness of amnesty measures in preventing the prosecution of such crimes, these restrictions do not add up to an absolute and universal prohibition.

Pieces of the Puzzle

Pieces of the Puzzle
Author: Charles Villa-Vicencio
Publisher: African Minds
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2004
Genre: Amnesty
ISBN: 0958479453

Reconciliation - Ubuntu - Peace processes - Reparation - Restorative justice - Amnesty - Memory - Testimony - Transitional justice - Genocide - The international criminal court - Truth commissions - Traditional and customary law - Human rights - Rights and reconciliation - Economic transformation - National truth commissions - Online resources on transitional.

Human Rights Education and Peacebuilding

Human Rights Education and Peacebuilding
Author: Tracey Holland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135968012

This book assesses the role of human rights education (HRE) in the peacebuilding field. Today, most governments, international organisations and non-governmental organisations recognise the importance of human rights in peace- and democracy-building activities in post-conflict regions. However, compared with other components of peacebuilding, little attention and funding have been given to the cultivation of human rights knowledge and skills within these populations. Almost nothing has been committed to understanding how HRE is best accomplished in such difficult circumstances. Human Rights Education and Peacebuilding demonstrates the promise of HRE programs to help bring about peace within challenging post-conflict contexts. Each chapter of this book (a) identifies the short and medium term impacts of seven different HRE programs on their respective target groups, and (b) provides an analysis of the peculiar local contextual factors that influenced each program’s rationale for human rights education. More specifically, each chapter addresses these critical questions: - How are communities around the world using HRE to help rebuild their lives in the aftermath of an armed conflict? - How does HRE respond local problems and needs? How similar are the human rights impacts in the different projects? - How can we understand the promise and challenges associated with HRE as a component of community peace-building? This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, human rights, education studies and IR in general.

Human Rights and Conflict Resolution

Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
Author: Claudia Fuentes Julio
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315409356

Human rights and conflict resolution have been traditionally perceived as two separate fields, sometimes in competition or in tension and occasionally with contradictory approaches towards achieving a lasting peace. Although human rights norms have been incorporated and institutionalized by various national, regional, and international organizations that deal with conflict resolution, negotiators and mediators are often pressured in practice to overlook international human rights principles in favor of compliance and more immediate outcomes. The chapters in this volume navigate the relationship between human rights and conflict resolution by fleshing out practical, conceptual, and institutional encounters of the two agendas and engaging with lessons learned and windows of opportunities for mutual learning. Recognizing the increasing relevance of this debate and important gaps in the current research on the topic, this book addresses the following questions: How can we improve our practical and theoretical understanding of the complementarity between human rights and conflict resolution? How would a human rights-based approach to conflict resolution look like? How are international, regional, and national organizations promoting, implementing, and/or adapting to better coordinate between human rights and conflict resolution? Building on empirical evidence from contemporary conflict resolution processes, how have human rights been integrated in different efforts on the ground? What are the main lessons learned in this regard? Examining a wide range of countries and issues, this work is essential reading for human rights, conflict resolution, and security experts including scholars, diplomats, policy-makers, civil society representatives, and students of international politics.