FACULTY OF LAW
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Item Case review: Rasheed Aminu V. the State(2009) Bamgbose, O.Item Stabbing a person continually to death with a knife is demonstration of an intention to cause death or grievous harm to him: State v. Ogunleye Tobi(2015) Adegbite, I.; Adegbite, T. A.; Adeyemi - Balogun, M. O. J.; Akinrinmade, A.; Bamgbose, O.; Bankole - Shodipo, A. A.; Kolawole, A. K.Item Restoring the grip: trends in the treatment of victims in the criminal justice system in Nigeria(CLDS Publishing, 2013) Bamgbose, O.Item Should Students have a right in law school(This Day News paper, 2013-06-11) Bamgbose, O.Item Reason for moratorium on execution(Tell Magazine, 2014-02-10) Bamgbose, O.Item Chibok girls abduction, major setback to national development(Oodua News, 2014-05-30) Bamgbose, O.Item Law as a Career(SmartBrain Educational Magazine, 2014-12) Bamgbose, O.Item The right to life and the battle over children’s life: baby Charlie Gard in perspective(Nigerian National human rights Commission, Abuja, 2017) Bamgbose, O.The Convention of the Right of the Child provides that every child has an inherent right to life. This means the child has a right to survival and development. Parents of a child have the responsibility, rights and duties to take "appropriate direction and guidance in the exercise by the child of the rights recognized in the Convention" The Government has the responsibility to ensure that the rights of a child are respected protected and fulfilled. Article 3 of the Convention states that the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration in all actions taken on behalf of a child. The paper considered the case of baby Charlie Gard, a baby boy, born in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2016, with a genetic defect resulting in a rare disease and the battle between the parents, the hospital where he was being treated for the rare disease and the court. The paper further examined, who amongst, the three, complied with Article 3 of the Convention in the legal battle. The paper also considered who had the right to decide whether Baby Charlie would live or die. The paper provided the position, in Nigeria, under the Childs Rights Act, if baby Charlie were a Nigerian child