Ogoni Bill of Rights

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environmental justice document human rights document political declaration

The Ogoni Bill of Rights is a landmark 1990 declaration by the Ogoni people of Nigeria demanding political autonomy, environmental protection, and a fair share of oil revenues, which became a central document in the Niger Delta rights and environmental justice movement.

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Label	Occurrences
Ogoni Bill of Rights canonical	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental justice document ⓘ human rights document ⓘ political declaration ⓘ
associatedWith	Ken Saro-Wiwa ⓘ MOSOP ⓘ Niger Delta conflict ⓘ Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People ⓘ surface form: Niger Delta environmental movement indigenous environmental activism ⓘ
author	Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
date	1990 ⓘ
decade	1990s ⓘ
demands	a fair share of oil revenues ⓘ control of Ogoni economic resources ⓘ participation in decisions about oil exploitation ⓘ political autonomy for the Ogoni within Nigeria ⓘ protection and remediation of Ogoni environment ⓘ recognition of Ogoni as a distinct ethnic nationality ⓘ respect for human rights of Ogoni people ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ogoni people ⓘ
focusesOn	environmental degradation ⓘ land rights ⓘ livelihoods of Ogoni communities ⓘ oil industry impacts ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key text in African environmental justice movement ⓘ landmark document in Niger Delta struggle ⓘ
influenced	Niger Delta conflict ⓘ surface form: Niger Delta rights movement global environmental justice discourse ⓘ indigenous peoples’ rights advocacy in Africa ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding political declaration ⓘ
mainSubject	environmental justice ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ indigenous rights ⓘ minority rights ⓘ oil revenue sharing ⓘ political autonomy ⓘ resource control ⓘ self-determination ⓘ
opposes	environmental pollution by oil companies ⓘ marginalization of Ogoni people ⓘ unfair distribution of oil wealth ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Niger Delta ⓘ Rivers State ⓘ
publisher	Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People ⓘ
region	Niger Delta ⓘ
subjectOf	Nigerian constitutional debates ⓘ environmental justice scholarship ⓘ human rights reports ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niger Delta conflict → relatedDocument → Ogoni Bill of Rights ⓘ

Ogoni people → document → Ogoni Bill of Rights ⓘ

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People → notableDocument → Ogoni Bill of Rights ⓘ

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People → associatedWith → Ogoni Bill of Rights ⓘ

MOSOP → notableCampaign → Ogoni Bill of Rights ⓘ