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Positive obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: the duty of the Nigerian Government to enact a Freedom of Information Act

机译：《非洲人权和人民权利宪章》规定的积极义务：尼日利亚政府制定《信息自由法》的义务

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Beginning with the Independence Constitution of 1960, the right to freedom of information and other civil and political rights have been guaranteed by successive Nigerian Constitutions as fundamental human rights. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, which incorporated the provisions of the African Charter on Human and People's Right into Nigerian law in 1983 consolidated these and a plethora of other social, economic and cultural rights and imposed a positive duty on the government to adopt legislative and other measures to give them effect. This article develops this potentially revolutionary principle of positive obligations, which amazingly remains unsung and unused more than a quarter of a century after it became an integral part of Nigerian law. The first part of the article proposes the principle as the most effective basis to compel the enactment of a Freedom of Information legislation, which successive governments have refused to enact despite overwhelming public support and sustained lobbying for a Freedom of Information Bill first introduced in the National Assembly in 1997. The second part critically analyses the latest (2007) version of the Bill. It concludes that its provisions are inadequate to give effect to the right to freedom of information in view of the legal and bureaucratic environment under which it will operate, and suggests remedial measures.
机译：从1960年的《独立宪法》开始，尼日利亚历届宪法都将信息自由权以及其他公民和政治权利作为基本人权予以保障。 《非洲人权和人民权利宪章（批准和执行）法》于1983年将《非洲人权和人民权利宪章》的规定纳入尼日利亚法律，巩固了这些权利以及其他许多社会，经济和文化权利，并施加了政府有义务采取立法和其他措施使其发挥作用。本文发展了这种潜在的革命性积极义务原则，在成为尼日利亚法律不可或缺的一部分之后，令人惊讶的是，这种义务在25年多的时间里仍然未被人们听到和使用。文章的第一部分提出了该原则，作为强制实施信息自由立法的最有效基础，尽管公众的压倒性支持和持续的游说，但美国历届政府都拒绝颁布该法案。 1997年大会。第二部分对法案的最新版本（2007年）进行了严格分析。结论是，鉴于其运作所处的法律和官僚环境，其规定不足以实现信息自由权，并提出了补救措施。

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    《Commonwealth Law Bulletin》 |2009年第2期|215-249|共35页
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    Osita Mba;

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    Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs Solicitor's Office, London;

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