TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aka,Philip Chukwuma
TI  - Human rights in Nigeria's external relations: building the record of a moral superpower 
T2  - African governance and development
SN  - 9781498533553
AV  - JC599 .N6 2017
U1  - 323.09669 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Lanham : 
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - 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
ER  -