APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROTECTING RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND THE ROLE OF UNICEF IN PROMOTING RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IN NIGERIA
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2016-12-26
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Abstract
United Nations Children Fund is an international Institution that deals with the promotion
and protection of the rights of children in times of peace and during emergency situations.
Restrictively, this thesis aimed at studying the activities of UNICEF in the promotion and
protection of the Rights of the child in Nigeria. The sources of information relied upon
are, relevant books, statutes, judicial authorities, articles in Journal publications,
newspapers, magazines, and conference and internet materials. The justification for these
theses is that, despite the long years of UNICEF’s presence in Nigeria, the situation of the
Nigerian child is still very poor. In addition, of recent, many crises have subjected
children in Nigeria to untold hardship and reduced them to objects of sympathy,
especially, the ongoing Boko Haram crisis in the North-Eastern part of the country where
children are involved in calamities along with adults, but painfully, children being
vulnerable and defenceless are exposed to all manners of hardship and suffering. Thus, in
view of this, the objective of this thesis is to identify the activates of UNICEF that will
promote, protect the rights of the child as well as alleviate the suffering of children in
Emergency situations in Nigeria. Thus the finding of this research among others is that
due to the mandate of UNICEF as an inter-governmental agency, the Fund, although an
agency dedicated solely to children, ironically has limited interaction with children and
thus lacks practical experience in dealing with children. In view of this, the research was
concluded by recommending among others that UNICEF should encourage Child
Participation in all its programs as well as initiate programs that will increase direct
interaction with children