Browsing by Author "Alkali, Fatima"

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An Appraisal of Nuclear Weapons Law: With Reference to its Enforcement
(Department of Public Law, Kogi State University, Anyigba Nigeria, 2012) Alkali, Fatima
An Appraisal of Nuclear Weapons Under International Humanitarian Law
(University of Maiduguri, 2013-04-04) Alkali, Fatima
The most humane principles for the protection of human beings and the natural environment during armed conflict are contained in the rich corpus of international Humanitarian Law (IHL). Principles of IHL have set a high standard for acceptable weapons in warfare, hence IHL has been the mechanism through which the international community has prohibited the use and production of several weapons that cause superfluous injury. Nuclear weapon states have for decades maintained the validity of the possession of nuclear weapons upon the doctrine of nuclear deterrence. As the world faces new and imminent security challenges, the questions of the continued sustenance of nuclear weapons vis. -a- vis. the need to eliminate them in the interest of preservation of world peace and security assume greater relevance. With its rules on limitation of weapons of war, IHR seems to be appropriate law to turn to in this context and this position has been upheld by the International Court of Justice
An Appraisal of the Legal and Institutional Frameworks for the Award of Reparations to Victims of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
(NBA Garki Branch, Abuja (Liberty Bar), 2024-04-04) Alkali, Fatima; Alkali, Amina Nur
Nigeria has been in a state of internal armed conflict since 2013. Since the outbreak of Boko Haram led armed conflict, the number of reported cases of sexual violence against women and girls has been on the rise. the abduction of these categories of vulnerable non-participant victims of the conflict have also become common-place. The crime of sexual violence is committed not only in host communities but in camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and detention centres, where the victims are meant to be protected by law enforcement authorities. Although the armed conflict is not over, there is a gradual abatement thereof and some of the victims that had been displaced are gradually returning back to their homes while others remain in IDP camps . as part of post-conflict transitional justice mechanisms, it is significant that the victims of dreadful acts of sexual violence are identified and their injuries redressed in a system of reparations. Nigeria is a party to many international treaties that protect the rights of persons against sexual violence and in some cases, provide the right to reparations. Nigeria, therefore, has the legal obligation to implement the rights stipulated in these treaties. There are other domestic legal frameworks and policies that support the right of reparations to victims of armed conflict and projecting these is poised at creating awareness for the implementation of these rights.
Islamic Perspective in International Humanitarian Law (IHL): The Concept of Justice in War
(University of Abuja Press, 2013) Alkali, Fatima
As far back as the 7th century in the Arabian Peninsula, humanitarian rules and principles were specified in the sacred text of the Holy Qur’an and the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, to regulate the conduct of war. These rules and principles have predated the evolution of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), which universally governs the conduct of war in the present age. An examination of the corpus of Islamic humanitarian law and IHL reveals similarities and areas in both bodies of law, a fact which accentuates the universality of humanitarian principles and strengthens the role of humanitarian law in society.
Legal Control of Advertisement and its Effectiveness towards Environmental Protection in Nigeria
(Kogi State University, 2010-02-02) Mohammed. Muktar A.; Alkali, Fatima
The Doctrine of Nuclear Detterence: A Lingering Constraint on Nuclear Weapons Law
(Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, 2014-07-02) Alkali, Fatima
The world has been plagued by armed conflict for many centuries preceding the development of nuclear weapons. Nuclear Deterrence theorists maintain that the world has enjoyed greater peace since World War II because of the existence of nuclear weapons, constituting a deterrent factor to war. If this theory is tenable, then the security of the world is invariably safeguarded by the presence of nuclear weapons and a move to completely eliminate them will inevitably reverse the progress made towards safeguarding the world. While nuclear weapons' advocates argues that the security of the world is safeguarded by the possession of nuclear weapons by states, anti-nuclear weapons' advocates argued that the security of the world is endangered by the continued existence and proliferation of nuclear weapons. They argue, also, that the probability of the elimination of nuclear weapons would increase if the nuclear deterrence doctrine were invalidated. The ultimate inquiry, therefore, would be whether the elimination of nuclear weapons would be detrimental or beneficial to the preservation of world peace and security. to determine the question, it is imperative to examine the accuracy of the nuclear deterrence theory because it plays a fundamental role in the preservation of nuclear weapons in the military arsenals and defense policies of states. If nuclear weapons actually play a positive role towards the maintenance of world peace and security, that singular fact negates the importance of the legal framework of their elimination