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Selective forgiveness and the politics of amnesties in Nigeria
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Agboga, Victor (2022) Selective forgiveness and the politics of amnesties in Nigeria. The Round Table, 111 (5). pp. 567-581. doi:10.1080/00358533.2022.2131224 ISSN 0035-8533.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2022.2131224
Abstract
On whether governments should grant state forgiveness to insurgents amid the popularity of amnesty, justice advocates have cautioned that amnesties could be instrumentalised to muddle accountability. This paper demonstrates how domestic peace processes could mimic existing power inequalities, thereby including some groups and excluding others from state forgiveness. By examining the differential treatment of insurgent groups in Nigeria, this paper unpacks how ethnic politics and resource dependence led to amnesties for Boko Haram and the Niger Delta militants, and how the absence of oil and political connections leave Biafra agitators with nothing to exchange for state amnesty.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) K Law [Moys] > KC International Law K Law [Moys] > KR Africa |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Amnesty , Amnesty -- Nigeria, Amnesty (International law) , Insurgency -- Nigeria, Nigeria -- Politics and government , Conflict management -- Nigeria, Niger River Delta (Nigeria), Transitional justice, Boko Haram, Biafra, Bight of, Region | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Round Table | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0035-8533 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 111 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 567-581 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/00358533.2022.2131224 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 November 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 November 2022 |
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