Browsing by Author "Shuaib Oniye and Abdulfatai Abdulkareem"

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    Principles of World Trade Organisation and Human Right Violations
    (A Publication of Bola Ajibola College of Law,Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State,Nigeria, 2021-08-12) Shuaib Oniye and Abdulfatai Abdulkareem
    The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is an international organisation that establishes rules for international trade through consensus among its member states. It is a brainchild of the GATT, which was concluded after Second World War, same time the Universal Declaration of Human Right (UDHR) was passed. Despite the role of WTO in the observation of human rights principles enshrined in the UDHR, it has been widely criticised by some international communities for violation of human rights principles subscribed to by the signatory countries. This paper adopts a systematic review of WTO principles and their specific contradictions and violation of UDHR. Against the foregoing backdrop, the paper seeks to do a critique of the applicability of principles of WTO such as non-discrimination,national treatment,anti-subsidy, anti-dumping, and welfare among individuals in developing and least developed countries visa a viz its violation of human rights of the people and citizen rights in those countries. The paper reveals that there are serious and continuous violation of human rights of developing states by those who anchor the establishment of WTO thereby causing threat to the life,property,and economy of the least developed countries. The paper recommends complete overhauling of the process leading to the formation of the WTO with a true and sincere motive on the part of the developed nations and the leadership of the WTO to change their selfish and exploitation tendencies.
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    Restoration and Legal Care for Victims of Crimes Under the Nigerian Criminal Jurisprudence
    (Faculty of Law, Kwara State University, Malete, 2022-06-22) Shuaib Oniye and Abdulfatai Abdulkareem
    It is trite law that the ultimate goal of the administration of criminal system is to do justice and provide fairness to the offenders, victims and the larger society even though crimeis deemed to be an offence against the society. This presumption brought one of the greatest loopholes in our criminal justice system in Nigeria. The United Nations Declaration recognises four major ingredients of the rights of victims of Crimes i.e. access to justice and fairness, restitution, compensation and assistance. This, how far is our laws and those saddled with responsibility of administration of criminal justice in Nigeria conform to the norm of international standard set out by the U.N. Declarationin order to help the victims to manage the material aspect of their psychological trauma and to show that society has not abandoned them. To this end, this paper, while adopting analytical research methodology, examines the administration of the criminal justice system in Nigeria whether the existing laws on compensation and restitution orders are satisfactory or adequate in our present day society. Is there any legal care in existence that ensures enforcement of victims rights when a court of competent jurisdiction ordered that the victims should be compensated for injuries or damages as a result of commission of crimes by the offender. The paper revealed that some victims were neglected in some instances owing to the fact that the offence is committed against the state and suggests way forward in order to ensure that right of victims of crimes are preserved and enforced in Nigeria