Avoid Diplomatic Conflict, Comply with UN directives to Release Kanu, FG Told
Avoid Diplomatic Conflict, Comply with UN directives to Release Kanu, FG Told By Aloy Ejimakor The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is a quasi-judicial body that has a subsisting legal mandate of the United Nations to consider and adjudicate human rights petitions against member nations of the UN. Its rulings or decisions (diplomatically called Opinions), such as was recently issued in favor of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, are legally binding on Nigeria on myriad grounds, including the fact that the decision is based on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,…