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Rohit Agrawal
Rohit Ranavat
Anirudh Nigania
Introduction
Boko Haram
Total Social Violence
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Nigeria is party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on
the involvement of children in armed conflicts.
Under Nigerias 2003 Child Act, the government is required to ensure that no child is
directly involved in any military operations or hostilities.
Prohibition of Education
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of religion or Freedom of belief is a principle that
supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or
private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice,
worship, and observance.
Boko Haram has denied people in Nigeria the write to freedom.
In December 2014 Boko Haram militants killed civilians , and the footage
showed one of the leaders saying that they were killed because they were
infidels or non-believers
Freedom of Religion
Boko Haram is a Sunni Jihadi group that imposes strict Shariah
law, and who so ever isnt following the laws are being
massacred in mass numbers.
Boko Haram is infringing upon people right to religion because it
wants to convert Nigeria into an Islamic state.
In May 2013, Nigerian government passed the same sex marriage bill
(prohibiting same sex marriage). In addition the bill seeks to impose prison
sentence on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI).
Right to Life
The right to life is a moral principle based on the belief that a
human being has the right to live and, in particular, should not to be
unfairly killed by another human being.
Facts
A 2006 report on the rights and welfare of children from the Federal
Ministry of Womens Affairs to the African Union found an
estimated 6,000 children lived in prisons and detention centers.
During a June 2012 visit to prisons in Enugu State and Owerri, Imo
State, an observer noted that cells designed for 20 inmates held 80.
For example, the Owerri Federal Prison had the capacity to hold
548 prisoners but held more than 1,784.
A Recent Example
In Nigeria, another crisis was unfolding, as reports came through of
an estimated 2,000 casualties after an attack by Boko Haram
militants on the town of Baga in the north-eastern state of Borno.
Conclusion
Nigerian leaders and the international community can and must do much
more to resolve this crisis and change their weak response to date
Thank You