Article Six of the United States Constitution Article Six of the United States Constitution Article Six of the United States Constitution establishes the laws and treaties of the United States made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land, forbids a religious test as a requirement for holding a governmental position and holds the United States under the Constitution responsible for debts incurred by the United States under the Articles of Confederation. The first clause of the Article provides that debts contracted prior to the adoption of the Constitution remain valid, as they were under the Articles of Confederation. Clause two provides that the
The Human Rights Violation Investigation Commission of Nigeria commissions. The federal government has not implemented the commission;s recommendations. Following its reconciliation processes, the commission was successful in reconciling communities in Maroko village, in the Ogun State, and the various groups in Ogoni Island. The Human Rights Violation Investigation Commission of Nigeria The Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission of Nigeria, also known as the Oputa Panel, is a commission that was developed following the collapse of the military dictatorship that controlled Nigeria until 1998. It was created by Olosegun Obasanjo, the newly elected President of Nigeria, in 1999. Its mandate was to investigate human rights during the period of