Abstract: Challenges to the implementation and enforcement of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in the Boko Haram insurgency and war against terrorism in Nigeria can be traced to the country‟s law on implementation of treaties. Nigeria‟s dualist approach to treaty implementation requires that no treaty between the federation and any other country shall have the force of law, except to the extent to which any such treaty has been enacted into law by the National Assembly. This has had the negative implication of weakening the legal and institutional framework for implementing and enforcing International Humanitarian Law in the country, and especially in the on-going War against terrorism in particular. Thus, this paper aims at encouraging the Nigerian government....
KEYWORDS: Boko Haram, Armed Conflict, Insurgency, Implementation/Enforcement, International Humanitarian Law.
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