Mainstreaming Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ESCRs) in National Integration Equation: Legal Options and Limits

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dc.contributor.authorAkintoye, Olariyike Damola
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-08T12:12:04Z
dc.date.available2025-06-08T12:12:04Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionPaper presented on behalf of the Faculty of Law Kwara State University at the 54th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT) held between 11th -15th July 2023 at the International Conference Centre Umuahia. Edited by Prof Ezenwa C. Ngwakwe and Dr Chika Odoemenam
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, there has been renewed focus on the importance of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCRs), particularly in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This paper, aims to add to the existing knowledge on ESCRs by suggesting how it can fully be integrated and mainstreamed into national equation. The paper, while looking at the legal options for enforcement of ESCRs identified the role the judiciary play in developing the real concept of ESCRs which entails providing remedies in appropriate cases thereby laying precedents for future occurrences. This paper also identifies some limitations of mainstreaming ESC rights to national integration like structural adjustment and debt burden corruption. To achieve the thrust of this paper, primary and secondary sources like , international, regional and national instruments on human rights textbooks, journals and internet facilities are relied on. This paper revealed that ESCRs can be subjected to judicial enforcement, which can lead to systematic institutional change to prevent future violations. The paper therefore suggests that real accountability and stewardship on the part of the government and the removal of the problematic non-justiciable clause in the Constitution will pave way for smooth enforcement of ESCRs in Nigeria.
dc.identifier.citationNALT 2023 54th Annual Conference
dc.identifier.isbn978 - 096 - 250 - 6
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5527
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT)
dc.titleMainstreaming Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ESCRs) in National Integration Equation: Legal Options and Limits
dc.title.alternativeProceedings of the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT), 2023
dc.typeArticle
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