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    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.
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    Assessing the Role of TRIPS Agreement for Inaccessibility and Un-affordability of Essential Medicines in Nigeria
    (Journal of Commerce & Trade, 2015-02-02) Dubagari Umar Abubakar
    Intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection was not recognised in Nigeria and essential medicines were accessible and affordable to all but reverse is the case with the implementation of TRIPS agreement on IPRs. This resulted in inordinate policy formulation and implementation that exacerbates the public health care despite Nigeria’s endowment with enormous human and natural resources. This paper argues that patents protection hinders access and affordability to essential medicines in Nigeria. It also argues that pharmaceutical companies prevent developing countries from utilising the TRIPS flexibilities to access essential medicines for their citizens. It concludes that access and affordability to essential medicines are additional challenges to Nigeria. The paper is based on the anti-corporate globalisation movement theory. The theory advocates for a world structured by human values other than greed and domination, one less dominated by the culture and values of global capital. The economic, political, and cultural interconnectedness signified by globalisation is irreversible and possibly a good thing, this interconnection, could potentially serve the interests of people and the earth, not just the elites. Although the rich and powerful have shaped globalisation in their interest, the anti-globalisation theory is a counter-movement that seeks to reshape the interconnected world in the interests of people and the planet