Rethinking abortion access for women in conflict and post-conflict situations in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.advisor Ngwena, Charles
dc.contributor.coadvisor Durojaye, Ebenezer
dc.contributor.postgraduate Ikenye, Esther Adilli
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-27T09:50:10Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-27T09:50:10Z
dc.date.created 2021
dc.date.issued 2021-05-27
dc.description Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2021. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Historically, women in conflict and post-conflict situations have on the basis of their status been subjected to harmful and discriminatory practices which run contrary to international, regional and domestic provisions guaranteeing various human rights including the rights to freedom from torture, cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment; discrimination; violence; privacy and autonomous decision making within the context of healthcare etc. Whereas recent years have seen an improvement in State responses globally, in Nigeria the experiences of women in conflict and post-conflict situations remain deplorable. Despite the ratification of various international and regional treaties in this regard, issues revolving around access to safe abortion remain problematic. They are also further complicated by questions of holistic adoption and implementation of ratified instruments in this regard. Consequently, though consensus has been achieved on paper, implementation remains a mirage particularly across the Middle Belt region and the Northeast which are grappling with farmer-herder conflict and insurgency by proscribed armed groups respectively. This mini-dissertation discusses in-depth the current framework for the protection of women’s reproductive health and rights related to access to abortion services in conflict and post-conflict situations in Nigeria in view of international and regional human rights obligations, highlighting the challenges and prospects and identifies key opportunities for consideration in the protection of these rights by municipal law. This research is relevant to legal, ethical and social discourses as well as issues of policy formulation and implementation related to reproductive health and rights protection in conflict and post-conflict situations within Nigeria. en_ZA
dc.description.availability Unrestricted en_ZA
dc.description.degree LLM en_ZA
dc.description.department Centre for Human Rights en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship NRF en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation * en_ZA
dc.identifier.other S2021 en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80129
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher University of Pretoria
dc.rights © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subject UCTD en_ZA
dc.subject Human rights en_ZA
dc.subject Conflict en_ZA
dc.subject International humanitarian law en_ZA
dc.subject International human rights law en_ZA
dc.subject Abortion en_ZA
dc.subject Nigeria en_ZA
dc.title Rethinking abortion access for women in conflict and post-conflict situations in Nigeria en_ZA
dc.type Mini Dissertation en_ZA


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