When Rights Violate Rights: International Protection of Human Rights, Some Necessary Considerations
Mojisola Eseyin, Stella Ezekiel Udoh

Abstract
Protection of human rights is a necessary ingredient in a democratic society. For that reason, human rights are protected under international law by international and regional instruments, and domestically by national constitutions. These rights are to be enjoyed by all without distinction, but in the course of human endeavours, these rights are known to be violated and examples of these violations abound. This one-sided violation is not the subject matter of this work, rather this work explores situations where the exercise of a right guaranteed under the law infringes also on the guaranteed right of another person. When rights itself fight against rights. This work therefore finds violations within this narrow corridor of clashes of rights within rights, and considers the permissible situations where the violations of human rights can occur without concerns.

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