Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Ninth Amendment (Amendment IX) to the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. It is part of the Bill of Rights. The Ninth Amendment has generally been regarded by the courts as negating any expansion of governmental power on account of the enumeration of rights in the Constitution, but the Amendment has not been regarded as further limiting governmental power. The amendment as proposed by Congress in 1789 and later ratified as the Ninth Amendment reads as follows: When the U.S. Constitution
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