Non-Governmental Appraisal of the Frameworks for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Nigeria (Published)
Non-governmental organization are key actors in human rights promotion and protection in Nigeria. As also key players in international human rights mechanisms and particularly the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process of the Human Rights Council (HRC), non-governmental stakeholders in Nigeria have participated in the three UPR circles of Nigeria and submitted reports appraising the normative and institutional frameworks for the promotion and protection of human rights. As a creation of the HRC in 2006, the UPR is a peer mechanism to review, on a periodic basis, the human rights records of all Member States of the United Nations based on three distinct sources of information submitted to the HRC. One of such sources of information is the reports from non-governmental organization operating in Nigeria classified as ‘other reports’ and compiled by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Focusing on the ‘other reports’ submitted to the HRC on the normative and institutional frameworks for the promotion and protection of human rights in Nigeria, this article which is descriptive in nature concludes that despite advances claimed in its national UPR reports by the Government of Nigeria, non-governmental stakeholders are still of the view that there are evidently several weaknesses in the normative and institutional frameworks for the promotion and protection of human rights in Nigeria.
Keywords: Civil Society, Human Rights, Nigeria, non-governmental, normative and institutional framework, universal periodic review
JOKOWI’S LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SURAKARTA- LESSON LEARNED FROM GOOD GOVERNANCE BEST PRACTICE (Published)
Study of local good governance is important because of two main reasons. Firstly, focus of local governance analysis has so far mainly put on the study of measuring indicators of good governance. There are stil limited studies on local governance subjects focused on how the local governance processes take place. Secondly, good implementation of practical local governance is needed to be studied since it is important to look for a best example in order to enhance the good local governance practices. This reserach is intended to study factors determining good local governnaces practices in Surakarta City from 2005-2014. The main research question is what are factors determining local good governance in Surakarta City? Research result shows that there are enrichment factors determining good governance practice in Surakarta. These factors include leader and leadership, organized civil society, tradition and culture, informal factors, bureaucratic reforms, public sector modernizations and other factors (geographic position and cultural city history). Among them, four finding factors are determinant, namely leader and leadership, organized civil society, tradition and society cultures and informal factors
Keywords: Civil Society, Good Govornance, Informal Factors., Leader And Leadership, Tradition And Cultures