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The Niger Delta region, being the crude oil bearing region of Nigeria, has witnessed an unprecedented spate of violent conflicts in the recent past, and all efforts to suppress these conflicts seem to have failed to produce the desired results. This study examines the need to mainstream five interconnected international human rights norms and principles into development planning and decision making in the oil and gas sector to prevent violent conflicts. These human rights norms are as follows: Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and equality, Empowerment and Legality (the PANEL…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
The Niger Delta region, being the crude oil bearing region of Nigeria, has witnessed an unprecedented spate of violent conflicts in the recent past, and all efforts to suppress these conflicts seem to have failed to produce the desired results. This study examines the need to mainstream five interconnected international human rights norms and principles into development planning and decision making in the oil and gas sector to prevent violent conflicts. These human rights norms are as follows: Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination and equality, Empowerment and Legality (the PANEL principles). The PANEL principles make procedural or environmental justice a reality and constitute a pivotal determinant of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) outcome. These principles are basedanning, determination on the part of all stakeholders as well as highly skilled facilitators. This research examined alternative legislative and institutional reforms to conflict prevention andmanagement in the oil and gas producing communities in Nigeria.
Autorenporträt
Jessica Ogochukwu Anusionwu is a first class law graduate of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. She is a associate member of the prestigious Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICARB), a member of the Young ICCA and a student member of the Nigerian Society of International Law. She is an aspirant to the Nigerian Bar.