Includes bibliographical references and index.

Starting points. Conceptual framework -- Theoretical framework -- Activities that shape the current patterns of politics : historical backdrop on human rights in Nigeria's external relations -- Temple of Nigeria's human rights foreign policy (six key issues relating to the application of human rights in Nigeria's foreign policy). Reconstructing Nigeria's national interest in a more human rights-sensitive direction -- Charity begins at home : increased respect for human rights in Nigeria -- Redesigning peacekeeping to make it more human rights compliant -- Reshaping Nigeria's foreign policy machinery in a more human rights-sensitive direction -- The need for more symmetry between multilateral and bilateral activities in Nigeria's external relations -- Economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) and human rights in Nigeria's external relations -- Conclusions. Enacting serious reforms at home and abroad -- Bus so what? : two objections to the argument in this work and two rebuttals to those objections -- Appendix : Biblical passages related to human rights.