Impact of the Boko Haram Insurgency on the Child's Right to Education in Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2016/v19i0a1299Keywords:
Armed conflict, insurgency, Boko Haram, children’s rights, education, humanitarian assistance, internally displaced persons, counter-insurgency, civilian joint task force(CJTF).Abstract
This paper is focused on the impact of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria on the child’s right to education. The impact of armed conflict on the child’s right to education is discussed in the coIntext of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. The article concludes by assessing how the Nigerian government, in line with its obligations under international law, has lived up to its obligations to ensure the realization of the child’s right to education in the face of the insurgency in the North-eastern part of the country. Concrete recommendations are made to the Nigerian government with regard to addressing the impact of the insurgency on the rights of the child.
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ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
AP1 And AP2 Additional Protocols of 1977
CFRN 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999
CJTF Civilian Joint Task Force
CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRA 2003 Childs Rights Act 2003
EFA Education for All
GCIV 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention 1949
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
IDPs Internally Displaced Persons
JTF Joint Task Force
MDG Millennium Development Goals
MRM Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism
NDHS Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey
NPE National Policy on Education
OHCHR United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OOSC Out-of School-Children
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
SUBEB State Universal Basic Education Board
UBE Universal Basic Education
UBE Act Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act
UN United Nations
UNSC United Nations Security Council
UNICEF United Nation Children’s Emergency Fund
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
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