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A non-governmental organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged the United Nations to intervene and secure the release of abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno.
The civil society group made the plea in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos by its Executive Director, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni.
"We are urging these bodies to move swiftly to support efforts to protect schools, teachers, and students from deliberate attacks in the North-East of the country.
``In particular, we urge the UN Security Council's Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) on Children and Armed Conflicts to take strong action by referring members of the Boko Haram and their backers to the International Criminal Court."
SERAP said the International Criminal Court had explicit jurisdiction over intentional attacks against school children and buildings dedicated to education in both international and internal armed conflicts.
According to SERAP, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its two additional protocols and customary international law is also binding on parties to the conflict in the North-East Nigeria.
The civil society group made the plea in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos by its Executive Director, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni.
"We are urging these bodies to move swiftly to support efforts to protect schools, teachers, and students from deliberate attacks in the North-East of the country.
``In particular, we urge the UN Security Council's Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) on Children and Armed Conflicts to take strong action by referring members of the Boko Haram and their backers to the International Criminal Court."
SERAP said the International Criminal Court had explicit jurisdiction over intentional attacks against school children and buildings dedicated to education in both international and internal armed conflicts.
According to SERAP, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its two additional protocols and customary international law is also binding on parties to the conflict in the North-East Nigeria.
