Sexual and Gender-Based Crime in Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Nigeria and Other Jurisdictions: Legal Issues and Prospects.

Abstract:

Recently, the issues of sexual and gender based crime and their perpetrators is on the front burner in Nigeria and other jurisdictions. It is a notorious fact that internal displacement may be as a result of natural disaster or conflict especially flowing from non-state armed insurgent groups as is currently the case in Nigeria and Syria. This article seeks to identify the major perpetrators as well as the Nigerian government official involved in the sexual crimes and abuse against vulnerable women and teenage girls at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. The article calls on the government of the day to attack and nip the ugly trend on the board promptly by enforcing extant legislations on internally displacement and trafficking, while domesticating the provisions of the Kampala Convention. The article further suggest ways to curtail sexual exploitation and trafficking in I.D.P camps in Nigeria and other jurisdictions.