UNITED STATES ALIEN TORTS CLAIMS ACT (ATCA), OIL CORPORATIONS AND MILITARIZED COMMERCE IN NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA

📄 Project Abstract

The study sets out to examine the effect of the enforcement of United States Alien Torts Claims Act on human rights infringement in Ogoniland of Nigeria's Niger Delta. The aim of the research was to provide a policy framework which could be used to halt oil conflict and to improve the governance of resource management. The theory of the Rentier State was adopted as our theoretical framework. The study relied on observation derived from documentary sources of recorded human documents such as case laws, charters, treatise, Books, Journals, internet sources, websites to international bodies and field observation. Data analysis was based on the single case pre-test-post-test quasi experimental design which was also used in controlling internal threats to validity. The study found that the enforcement of international regulatory instruments on oil corporations by international nongovernmental organizations through campaigns and court actions in the United States ensured the accountability o...