Child Rights Act in Nigeria

[1]In 2003, Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Act to domesticate the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Although this law was passed at the Federal level, it is only effective if State assemblies also start it.[2] The Children’s Rights Act 2003 (CRA) was created to serve as a legal documentation and protection of Children rights and responsibilities in Nigeria.

The law has three primary purposes:to incorporate the rights of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights into the national law, to provide the responsibilities of government agencies associated with the law and to integrate children-focused legislation into one comprehensive law.[3] It also acts as a legislation against Human trafficking since it forbids children from being "separated from ... parents against their will, except where it is in the best interests of the child,".[4]

Origin

Nigeria signed on to the International Human Rights convention agreement on the rights of child. It was officially passed into law in 2003 by Former President Chief Olusegun Obansanjo as the Children’s Rights Act 2003 (CRA). The Children’s Rights Act 2003 (CRA) was created to serve as a legal documentation and protection of Children rights and responsibilities in Nigeria.Child Rights Act (2003)

References

  1. ↑ unveiling, Africa. "Child Rights Act 2003". Child Rights Act 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ↑ UNICEF, Nigeria. "Child rights and participation". UNICEF. UNICEF. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Achilihu, Stephen Nmeregini (2010). Do African Children Have Rights?: A Comparative and Legal Analysis of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 9781599428536. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn (2009). Human Trafficking. Infobase Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 9781438119007. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  • "AN ACT TO PROVIDE AND PROTECT THE RIGHT OF THE NIGERIAN CHILD AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS, 2003" (PDF). Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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