Abstract:
The globe has become flat. Thus a common platform has been created for people of diverse regions, and nationality to interconnect without stress . This has facilitated the efflorescence of trade and commerce, exchange of political ideas and experience. Most important is the ease with which crime against humanity is committed across national and continental borders , and transfer of Small Arms and Light Weapons(SALWs) from one place to the other. The effect of these is that soft targets such as children and women are made helpless victims. It was against this backdrop that the United Nations Organizations(UNO) through its Resolutions outlawed crimes against humanity. Regrettably, by the 21st century women are still the prime targets of these inhuman acts. This study, therefore, seeks to examine why terrorism and human trafficking have been on the increase and the remedies needed to abate them. This is a qualitative research, and we relied on the secondary sources for data collection. This includes review of existing literature, official gazettes, magazines, newspapers, visit to Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Center for Black Arts and African Culture (CBAAC). It was discovered that the incessant terrorist activities and constant human trafficking are mere reflections of the State’s inability to fulfill its primary obligations to the people. We, therefore, recommend that States must purge themselves of their obvious anti-democratic features by ensuring the fulfillment of its primal obligations to the people |
