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Influence Of African Independent Television As A Watchdog Against Child Abuse And Labour With A Particular Focus To Child Traffiching
[A CASE STUDY OF GARIKI RESIDENTS OF ABUJA METROPOLIS]
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Child
abuse and labour represents one of the most dehumanizing forms of human
rights abuse. Top on the hat of the slavery-like practices against
children is child trafficking. Combating child trafficking has gathered
considerable momentum over the years with increased political awareness
regarding the phenomenon, as illustrated by the localized adoption and
ratification of international standards and important commitments
undertaken in international conference by different states.
In 2002,
the African union reaffirmed its commitment to combat child
trafficking. It identified the elimination of human trafficking as an
operational priority. Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS), in 2001 developed strategies to fight child trafficking for
exploitative labour purposes in West and Central Africa. In Africa, the
first commitment to combat trafficking is exemplified in Africa charter
on the right or welfare of the child (1990).
In the United Nations
(UN) protocol to prevent, suppress or punish trafficking in person
especially women and children. The United Nations convention against
transitional organized crime called Palermo protocols, defines human
trafficking to mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring
as receipt of persons by means of threat, or use of force or other
forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, abuse of power
or of a position of benefit, vulnerability, of the giving or receiving
of payment to receive the consent of a person having control over
another person for the purpose of exploitation. (Arinze, 2006).
In
order to mobilize effective efforts, political will and policy responses
to prevent or combat child trafficking, the international community
reached a common consensus on a common normative definition or
trafficking in human beings which include various form of sexual
exploitation or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery,
servitude or removal of organs. The focus of the provision stresses that
trafficking for exploitative purposes should be considered a crime and
must be prosecuted. It‟s also stressed that national laws should be
reviewed to ensure compliance through legislative process the protocol
as a model.
Prior to the time, the scale of child trafficking
had been hard to determine as a result of complete unavailability of
databases on child trafficking or traffickers and above all the shameful
delay in the adoption and enactment of the child‟s rights law by state
in the country.
According to Arinze(206):
The activities of some
non-governmental organizations like women or child labour eradication.
Women trafficking and child labour eradication foundation (WOTCLEF) and
India Renaissance brought the issue of human trafficking especially
child labour to the national discourse-and made the wife of the former
vice president Mrs. Titi Abubaeke to initiate or bill to the national
assembly in person. This action was followed by the establishment of
National Agency for the prohibition trafficking in persons and other
related matters. The agency is to enforce the laws against trafficking
in persons, investigate or prosecute persons suspected to engage in
trafficking in persons or take change or coordinate the rehabilitation
of victims of human trafficking.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The aim of this study was to analyze the Influence of African Independent Television as a Watchdog against Child Abuse and labour with a particular focus to Child Trafficking. The study made use of survey research method. Subjects were drawn from Gariki using the purposive sampling technique. The study answered four research questions. From the research findings, it was observed that the programmes aired on AIT helped in discouraging the practice of Child Abuse and Labour. The study recommended ... Continue reading---
