Earlier this year, a young boy ran to our office crying for help. He was physically distressed and had a deep and fresh wound on the back of his head. The boy’s face and shirt were terribly stained all over by blood. He told us, his father inflicted the head-injury on him, and that it […]
Essential Attributes of HRs: (2) INALIENABILITY
Inalienability of human rights. What does this mean? Don’t mind the weirdness of the sound of the word ‘inalienability’. The meaning is not as difficult as it sounds. But to help you understand, we ask you to pay attention to our story about Adaobi. Adaobi, a 15 years old girl is an orphan. She had […]
Essential Attributes of HRs: (3) INDIVISIBILITY & INTERDEPENDENCY
Kabiru works as a security officer in the house of Dr Alabi. Although, he was hired as a ‘gateman’, there is hardly any other chores Kabiru does not do in Dr Alabi’s compound. He washes the cars (Alabi has two, Lexus Jeep and a Toyota 4Runer), does gardening and man the security post. Since he […]
Is child rights protected by law?
Recently a story about a 4-year-old girl, Uloma, made a headline in a regional newspaper, Citizens’ Advocate. Uloma was found in a slave-like manner under the watch of a certain woman, Mrs Nwali Josephine. The woman is not the little girl’s mother. Weeks before Uloma was discovered, she hawked for her ‘madam’, Mrs Nwali, with […]
DOES OUR CONSTITUTION PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS?
Oluchi was on his way to a lecture that morning. About three boys accosted him and ordered that he stopped. He turned towards them and greeted. “O boy e, see this boy oh! Na so them dey greet senior men?”, one of the boys demanded. Oluchi looked confused, wondering what the fuss was about. Before […]