The Boko Haram insurgency and the child's right to education in Nigeria
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Date
2016
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Armed conflict impacts negatively on the child's right to education as the targeted attacks on schools, school children, teachers and school facilities can cause a drop in school enrolment and attendance as well as longer term effects on the standard of education provided. This study assesses the impact of armed conflict on the child's right to basic education in the context of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. Also, considering that the child's right to education protected in international and regional human rights instruments is not suspended during armed conflict, the study also assesses how well the Nigerian government in line with its international and regional human rights obligations has responded to the educational needs of children affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
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Magister Legum - LLM
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Nigeria, Boko Haram, Insurgency, Children's rights, Education, Right to education