International records / OpenAlex research
An analysis of the concept of the right to choose in relation to abortion in Nigeria: A case study of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
The right to choose provision under Article 16(1) (e) of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has been interpreted to mean an abortion right for all women all over the world by Recommendation 24 of CEDAW Committee. Although this Convention is yet to be domesticated in Nigeria, there is a Reproductive Right Bill, passed in 2005 by a State’s House of Assembly, purporting to make abortion legal in the state. It is the contention of this study that abortion right interpretation of the right to choose under CEDAW cannot be sustained in Nigeria beari…
