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| Children's Right And Human Trafficking: Less Talk, More Action |
Obi, Helen Obiageli PhD; Mbuba, Francis Nnaemeka Ph.D & Chukwurah, Daniel Chi Junior PhD
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Abstract:
Current realities of children's rights violation amidst prevalence of legal regimes on protection of children indicate that children are violated daily and almost with impunity. Children are trafficked, raped, starved, maimed, deprived of education, neglected; suffer harmful practices such as early marriage, child labour. Against this background, the paper made a passionate assessment of the rights of the child in Nigeria within the framework of International instruments and municipal laws with the view to call for proper implementation and enforcement. Human trafficking is the crudest form of crime against humanity criminalized by laws. In Nigeria human trafficking is rated as the third most prevalent crime. This paper equally examined the legislative framework relating to trafficking in persons, identified the root causes and effects of human trafficking and made recommendations to curb its escalation.
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