Impact of African Union Commission on Human and People’s Rights on Endsars Protest in Nigeria 2020-2021

Abstract

The research investigated the impact of African union commission on human and people’s rights on endsars protest in Nigeria 2020-2021. The work used descriptive research design and only secondary data were sources and used. The data collected were discussed qualitatively through content analysis. It was discovered that fundamental human rights were violated before and during the EndSARS protest; there is legality of EndSARS protested under Nigerian law; and there is no significant impact of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights on the EndSARS protest. This work conclude that although the SARS has been disbanded by the Nigeria Police Force as demanded by the EndSARS protesters, the tendency for violent protests against police high-handedness will remain in Nigeria as long as the issues that fuelled the eruption of the mass mobilization persist. It was recommended that violation of fundamental human rights in Nigeria and other African countries should be approached with targeted sanctions by the African Commission for Human and Peoples Right for individuals and governments who are found guilty. Furthermore, institutions of governments locally and internationally such as the African Commission for Human and People’s Rights and National Human Rights Commission must be alive to the performance of their constitutional duties. If the Commissions had done their jobs assiduously by investigating and prosecuting individuals involved in human rights abuses, the EndSARS protests would probably not have been necessary.