What is it about?
This article provides an analysis of various ways non-domestication of treaties could affect the investment interests of a dualist country such as Nigeria that is actively seeking to attract FDI for the development of its energy sector. Pointing out the implications and various ways both investors' and Nigeria's interests could be undermined, it argues for a reform in the way treaties are implemented in Nigeria to facilitate their domestication.
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Why is it important?
Nigeria has signed many investment and energy-related treaties. However, many of these treaties have not been ratified and domesticated as required by the 1999 Nigerian Constitution and as such cannot be applied by domestic courts when necessary. This raises serious legal questions on the status of the various energy investment-relevant treaties Nigeria has signed.
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This is from aa Nigerian perspective
Chinenye Nriezedi-Anejionu
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This page is a summary of: Could the Non-domestication of Nigerian Treaties Affect International Energy Investment Attraction into the Country?, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, February 2020, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/ajicl.2020.0305.
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