Internally Displaced Children in Nigeria: A Rights-Based Situational Appraisal

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Olanike Adelakun
Keyword(s):  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Displaced Children

scholarly journals The Protection of Internally Displaced Children in Africa: A Doctrinal Analysis of Article 23(4) of the African Children's Charter

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Romola Adeola ◽  
Benyam D Mezmur
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Welfare Of The Child ◽  
Displaced Children ◽  
African Charter

Abstract This article considers the protection of, and assistance for, internally displaced children (IDCs) in Africa. Internal displacement has become one of Africa's most pressing human rights challenges. Over the last decade, millions of persons have been internally displaced on the continent by conflict, disaster and other causes. Children are one of the most affected categories of persons, given the implications of displacement for them. Article 23(4) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child incorporates specific protection for IDCs. This article examines the protection of IDCs in the context of this regional framework. It argues that, while article 23(4) requires that both refugee children and IDCs should be accorded the same protection from a rights-based perspective, it also requires that the protection of IDCs should be construed with reference to the Kampala Convention, which is the most recent applicable regional regime governing internal displacement.

scholarly journals The Plight of Internally Displaced Children: A Case of Zimbabwe

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 432-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Mapiko ◽  
◽  
Kudzai Chinyoka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Displaced Children

scholarly journals The Rights of Internally Displaced Children: Selected Field Practices from UNICEF’s Experience

Refuge ◽  
2002 ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subajini Mahalingam ◽  
Geeta Narayan ◽  
Esther Van der Velde
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Humanitarian Crises ◽  
Displaced Children ◽  
Physical Danger

Displacement is a critical humanitarian issue—forty million people are displaced as a result of conflict and other humanitarian crises. Approximately half of the world’s displaced persons are children. Children in flight are at greater risk of malnutrition and disease, physical danger, and psychological trauma. Many do not survive. When they do, their ability to lead normal lives is greatly impaired—many have no access to education and health care. This paper examines selected examples from UNICEF’s work in the field with internally displaced persons. UNICEF’s work with internally displaced children and families focuses on four areas: (1) advocacy, (2) assessment, (3) care, and (4) protection. Conclusions and recommendations are presented drawing from the field practices.

A Critical Analysis of the Kampala Convention from a Children’s Rights Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charissa E Fawole
Keyword(s):  
Children's Rights ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
African Union ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Displaced Children ◽  
African Charter

Abstract A notable proportion of the persons living in situations of internal displacement in Africa are children. Despite the near-universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the wide ratification of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child among States in Africa, it is not clear the extent to which the ratification of these treaties has influenced the region’s legal framework for the protection and assistance of internally displaced children. This contribution addresses this issue through its analysis of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa from a children’s rights perspective. While the Convention does incorporate some principles of a children’s rights perspective, the analysis reveals that there are some inadequacies regarding the Convention’s overall incorporation of a children’s rights perspective. Based on the analysis, this contribution provides recommendations to use a children’s rights perspective to implement the Convention.

Perception on Child Rights Protection and Media Performance Among Kuje Internally Displaced Persons' Camp, Abuja, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 277-294
Author(s):  
Felix Chidozie Chidozie ◽  
Augustine Ejiroghene Oghuvbu
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Displaced Children ◽  
The Media ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations

This essay examines media and child rights protection in Nigeria, using Kuje IDPs Camp in Abuja, FCT as a case study. It argues that the media has important and indispensable roles to play in enabling the promotion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Nigeria's Child Rights Act, 2003. The study adopted the qualitative method through interviews and focus group discussions conducted at the Kuje IDPs Camp. Findings suggest that the Nigerian government is not committed to implementing the prescription of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Child Rights Act, thus further jeopardizing the already fractured rights of the of children in IDPs camps in Nigeria. Similarly, the media is not paying attention to the plight of the displaced children. The prescriptions advanced in this study as well as the conclusions reached are relevant for policy makers at the national, regional, and international levels responsible for the rights of the children, especially the Nigerian child.

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