Nigeria – NHRI
The Nigeria NAP provides a list of existing constitutional obligations, domestic legislation, internation obligations, and police and administrative steps. This breakdown only looks at the list of challenges and the implementation of the 3 pillars of the UNGPs.
PILLAR 3 – ACCESS TO REMEDY
B. STATE-BASED NON-JUDICIAL MECHANISM
“These consist of State Agencies which though non judicial, exercise statutory powers and regulatory functions pertaining to Business and Human Rights. They have the potential of addressing the greatest number of human rights violations by businesses because they exercise statutory powers and regulatory functions. They include the following:
i. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
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In order to improve the effectiveness of State Based non-judicial mechanism, the following plan of action will be implemented:
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- Strengthening of the National Human Rights Commission to discharge its quasi-judicial responsibilities in addressing human rights violations by businesses; and rendering of effective remedy.” (p.164-165)