Mainstreaming Human Rights in Emergency Management: Views from the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Nigeria

Author:Ngboawaji Daniel Ntea*, Oluka Nduka Lucasb, Michael C. Uzorkac, Baba-Ahmadu Abdulazizd

Abstract:
Globally periods of emergencies, disasters and crises require desperate responses from the state no matter the type of government. However, the most widely accepted democratic order has in it, some inalienable rights and principles no matter the prevailing situation. Whilst advanced democracies the world over have made concerted efforts to ensure the protection of the rights of the entire citizenry in the course the management of the current rampaging Covid 19 pandemic, the same can’t be said about such transitional democracies like Nigeria. The preponderance of gory images of arrant brutality by security personnel in India, Nigeria etc. speaks volumes. The paper therefore seeks to provide a useful and working paradigm to ensure that the inalienable rights of citizens during the management of global pandemics such as the current Covid 19 must be respected and guaranteed as the hallmark of modern society.

Keywords:Key Words: Mainstreaming, Pandemic, Emergency, Nigeria, Human Rights.

DOI:10.46333/ijtc/9/1/1

International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 9 Issue:1)