Abstract
This article examines the role of non-governmental agencies in promoting respect for human rights by the Nigerian government. It documents NGOs' efforts, between 1995 and 1998, to respond to government indifference toward human rights violations in Nigeria. The NGOs attempted to influence United States and other Western governments to impose an embargo on Nigerian oil products. NGOs believed that an embargo would force the Nigerian military regime to demonstrate respect for environmental and human rights. NGO efforts failed, in part, due to influence that the multinational oil industry had on the economic interests of Western governments. In addition, NGOs failed because they were unable to generate a public reaction that would force Western policy makers to change their policies toward Nigeria.
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