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WEEK 8
TOPIC: Human Rights and Violation: (a) Fundamental Rights of every Nigerian Citizen.(b) Rights of a child.
CONTENT: (a) Fundamental Rights of every Nigerian Citizen.
SUB-TOPIC I: Fundamental Rights of every Nigerian Citizen.
A right is a statement showing the following:
- A natural due
- A moral claim
- A legal entitlement
Rights can also be called freedoms and benefits that are guaranteed to people by law.
Fundamental rights of every Nigeria person are the legal entitlements of each one of us.
These are the fundamental rights that are written in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 chapter IV sections 33-43, pages 18-26. These include:
- Right to life: No one shall be deprived intentionally of his life.
- Right to dignity of human person: No one shall, for instance, be subjected to inhuman treatment.
- Right to fair hearing: Every human person is entitled to a fair hearing within a reasonable time by a court or other tribunal established by law without partiality.
- Right to private and family life: The privacy of citizens, their homes, correspondence, and telephone conversation is guaranteed and protected.
- Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion: This does not entitle any person to form, take part in the activity or be a member of a secret society.
- Right to freedom of expression and the press: Every Nigeria is free to express him or herself.
- Right to peaceful assembly and association: Every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons.
- Right to freedom of movement: Every Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria and to reside in any part thereof.
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