To What Extent Are Child Rights Protected And Enforced?

This is total violation of a Child's right.
A teacher flogged this child at Government Secondary Ugheli in Delta State, this teacher is wicked.

United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), whilst the OAU Assembly of Heads of States and Governments adopted the African Union Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (CRCW) in July 1990.



Nigeria has signed both International Instruments and had ratified them in 1991 and 2000 respectively. Both protocols reflect children as human beings and as subjects of their own rights.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) outlines the human rights to be respected and protected for every child under18 years and requires that these rights be implemented. Against this background, a draft of the Child Rights Bill aimed at principally enacting into Law in Nigeria the principles enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the AU Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child was prepared in the early 90, I can go on and on....

This bill was passed in law by the National Assembly in July 2003, it was assented to by the then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in September 2003, and promulgated as the Child's Rights Act 2003.

The Act is a legal document that sets out the rights and responsibilities of a child in Nigeria and provides for a system of child justice administration.

The implication of this passage ordinarily would mean that children are well protected and a breach of such act attracts a punishment to the offenders. But then the question is,

what extent are the child rights protected and enforced?

Sad.