The Case of Children’s Abduction by Boko Haram:
A Challenge of Children’s Rights Implementation
Abstract: Human Rights is a norm that describes human behavior, and it is protected in legal rights whether in national or even international law. The importance of human rights has been implemented in Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by United Nations. Every country that signed the declaration has to abide the declaration. In Nigeria, Nowadays, there is some case that victimized more than 200 schoolgirls. A jihad group called Boko Haram abducted the schoolgirls. Boko haram is a jihad group, which forbids a western education. It leads by Abubakar Shekau, which became a most wanted man in Nigeria. Because of this case, I want to emphasize
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There is different define between UN and Nigeria Government. It consequently creates a dilemma of child.
However, it does not affect to Boko Haram case, which is abduct by them even if the victims are 200 schoolgirls. It means that they are still in below age of 16 until 18. And it still related to Children’s Rights.
The 200 schoolgirls Abduction by Boko Haram
On April 14, 2014 Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls in the village of Chibok, and 56 girls had been escaped from this kidnapped by Boko Haram. Those girls were kidnapped after they finished their school time. And they forced to become a slave, army, and they have to convert to islam. However they should wear their fail, if Boko Haram’s army seen them without any fail, they would shoot them, the victims.
And from reported that, every girl who has returned from Boko Haram’s camp, mostly they are pregnant. There is a victim who escaped from the kidnapping by Boko Haram, and she told what has been said by the kidnappers that “You are only coming to school for prostitution.” And because of the dust on the roads and the penetrating darkness, some girls managed to escape and run bare foot in the nights to
Were they coerced by their superiors? In December 1999, Kenyan based newspaper “African News” dispatched journalist Linda De Hoyos to comment on the bloodshed. Two female childcare workers who give support to
They committed murder and kidnapping
On September 15th, 1963, a few of the girls were changing into their church robes. Without warning, dynamite exploded and killed four of the girls. These girls were in the age range of 11-14 years old. The worst part, police knew who killed these girls and didn't say anything about it for almost 40 years. Bombing in Birmingham
The same applies to the children of Sierra Leone, where they were separated from their families—however, these children will never end up finding their families, they will never have a happy life again, and will never remember how it felt to be loved or cared for by someone. The 1991 Sierra Leonean civil war split children from their families and forced them to survive on their own—without any supervision. Many children were either captured by the rebels or were forced to join the military and fight the rebels. Nearly all “strong” children forced to endure many painful situations and commit immoral acts. All children who were not recruited were killed because they were too “weak”.
To many, violation of human rights is a serious issue. This shows that for every negative force, there is always someone who recognizes the wrong and seeks to correct
They were killed because the girls didn’t vocalize the truth. Innocent lives could be saved and avoid the entire hysteria if the girls told the truth of dancing and participating in
Furthermore, their every waking moment their faith had to be challenged and wonder if their God would deliver them. Lost Boys of Sudan, http://www.lostboyschicago.com 2. Identify and explain all the culture norms of their society (the Lost Boys) and how they compare and
The girls were between the ages 11 and 14 and were attending church with their families when all of a sudden a bomb went off. They lost their lives and many others were severely injured and was known to have been part of a series of bombings in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. This horrific event didn’t stop the Civil Rights movement because there were changes happening across the south to improve the lives of colored people. One of those changes was the implementation of what was known as Freedom Schools and consisted of schools for colored people to be able to get an
One day Malala rode home from school after girls were banned from school, and “a masked gunman…shot me on the left side of my head. I woke up 10 days later.” After lots of recovery and time in the hospital, Malala moved to the UK with her family, and realized she “had a choice: [to] live a quiet life or…make the most of this new life I had been given. I determined to continue my fight until every girl could go to school.” Girls rights were taken away, so many people were too scared to take a stand because they did
The Taliban is trying to take over pakistan and trying to take away school for girls. Malala was fighting for her education. Salva and Malala
In the bibliography “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai, importance of girl’s education back east is addressed. Malala explains to the reader the horrors and barriers she faced while trying to justify the importance of girls’ education. She uses influential ethos, a tenacious tone, and vigorous pathos to get the reader to perceive that a girl’s education is just as imperative as a boy’s education. Malala wants the reader to know how it is being a girl fighting for girl’s education. With the use of these three rhetorical strategies, she can get the reader to comprehend that every girl has the right to an education.
ummarise the laws and codes of practice affecting work in schools. The UN Convention on the Rights of a Child 1989- This law helps a child by giving them a right to protection from any form of discrimination, it gives a child a right to recieve and share information as long as the information is not damaging to others. This law also gives the child a right to have freedom of religion.
This psychological damage stays with them for the rest of their lives as they have seen terrible things and have been forced into doing many unimaginable things. A lot of these children have missed out on school for many years and without an education they will go back to the rebel groups, just so that they can get food. These children need to be reunited with their families to try and get some stability back into their lives. Unfortunately, many girls who get raped by these rebels do not get accepted back into their families and their communities as they are seen to have shamed their families. Females are used to being raped and being a single mum and it is vital that these girls get given the education and counseling to help them get back into society.
Assignment page Video Where many children all over the world merrily and freely live under the protection of the law, for others, this is a distant reality, they live in a world where they’re battling poverty, stripped of their childhood and basic human rights are expunged, they’re the innocent victims of conflict, and war is made to seem their one and only duty, not to mention that these are children no more than 10 years of age. They are put into a situation where it’s to kill or be killed. The United Nations defines a child soldier as, “Any person under 18 years of age who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity.” Since the past 15 years, child soldiers are being used in almost every region of the world. Unlike most children, who go to school, they’re abducted from their families and forced into becoming a child soldier, where living conditions are beyond imaginable.
[F] In a beautifully and heart moving film called War Dance, the story focuses on three different children who are from the Patongo refugee camp, have the dream of going to the nationwide music and dance competition, despite the children’s terror for Joseph Kony and the LRA. [G] According to the ‘Children of War in Uganda’, the writers, Keith Morrison and Tim Sandler write, “With virtually no popular support, he has increasingly resorted to abducting children to fight for him-against not only government forces but his own civilian people” (Morrison Sandler 1). [H] The LRA have done more than just give the three children, Rose, Dominic, and Nancy countless nights filled with nightmares, but have even terrorized them directly. But this does not stop the children to pursue their goals, and dreams.