Research for Proposing Incorporation of Environmental Human Rights Principles to Foster Environmental Protection in Nigeria

Abstract

This research is chosen to address the need to manage issues of environmental degradation and human rights abuses and violations by the multinational companies (MNCs) operating in Nigeria which lead to the people living in the locality to suffer the consequences. If the assertion that health is wealth has a philosophical basis, there is the need to look at the human rights dimension to environmental degradation. This research discusses how environmental degradation affects the enjoyment of guaranteed rights. The regulatory frameworks on environment and MNCs in Nigeria have proven to be inadequate and ineffective in the protection of the rights of the victims of environmental degradation. Research is therefore proposed to investigate and analyze the problems of the existing legal framework on the environment and MNCs in Nigeria. This analysis would assist in the research as to whether human rights offer better remedies and solutions to the victims of environmental degradation in Nigeria and safeguard the interest of the future generations and future sustainable development.