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In 2003, Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Act to domesticate the Convention on the Rights of the Child. [1] The Children's Rights Act of 2003 expands the human rights bestowed to citizens in Nigeria's 1999 constitution to children. [1] Although this law was passed at the Federal level, it is only effective if State assemblies also codify the ...
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N21, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (NCFRMI Act) to manage the affairs of refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons in Nigeria. The agency is one of the six agencies under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. [1] It is headed by a Federal Commissioner. [2 ...
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The power to visit any place of detention without violating detainees’ rights is also recognized in the act. [ 1 ] The commission with over 20 branches across Nigeria, has a Governing Council of 16 members consisting of a chairman, usually a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria or the Court of Appeal or a retired Judge of the High ...
NAPTIP is a national compliance to the international obligation under the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and responds to the need to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons, especially women, and children, complementing the United Nations Transnational Organized Crime Convention (UNTOC).
Human rights in Nigeria are protected under the current constitution of 1999. [1] While Nigeria has made major improvements in human rights under this constitution, the American Human Rights Report of 2012 notes several areas where more improvement is needed, which includes: [2] abuses by Boko Haram, killings by government forces, lack of social equality and issues with freedom of speech.
Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) is a charity organisation based in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, that works to safeguard the rights of a child. [1]The Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) began operation by a small group of volunteers in 2003 to shelter a few children who had been accused of possessing witchcraft power as part of a widespread witch-hunt in their IL aime ...