Analyse Comparative / Comparative Perspectives

The ECOWAS Court was established by the Revised ECOWAS Treaty. By virtue of that Treaty, the Court has assumed a position on the international plane and has delivered a number of judgments on human rights. However, most of these judgments have not been enforced by the Member States. This article therefore examines the enforceability of the judgments of the ECOWAS Court in Nigeria as a Member State. The article finds that, like other Member States, Nigeria has not enforced the judgments of the Court. The article therefore argues that the Nigerian Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009 can successfully be used to enforce the judgments of the Court. It recommends that the Nigerian judiciary should take up the gauntlet of enforcing the judgments of the Court.