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Item Access to justice for reproductive and sexual health rights of women through law faculty clinics(Yinkarec Publishers, Ibadan, 2015) Tafita, F.; Bamgbose, O.Reproductive and sexual health issues affecting women and girls include sexual abuse, rape, coercion, harassment, sexually-transmitted infections, unsafe sex, unwanted pregnancy and illegal abortion, infertility and inability to regulate fertility or negotiate sex. These are most often considered private and confidential, and victims may not desire or require the formalities and exposure of regular courts. The pro-bono legal clinics without resort to the regular courts or litigation, particularly in the resolution of issues affecting women’s reproductive and sexual health rights, is another form of access to justice. The employment of a plural normative system of resolving dispute in African lives and society remains crucial to engendering and ensuring access to justice for women. This paper discusses the concept of access to justice for women in matters affecting their reproductive and sexual health rights. It espouses the role and strategies employed by the Women’s Law Clinic, University of Ibadan in ensuring access to justice for indigent women in Ibadan area of Oyo State of Nigeria whose reproductive and sexual health rights have been violated or threatened. It concludes on the premise that access to justice against violations of reproductive and sexual health rights starts with the initiation of processes for recognition and awareness of these rights. The paper also discusses factors affecting access to justice and remedies against violations of these rights. This paper is based on a desktop and empirical research.Item Access to justice through clinical legal education: a way forward for good governance and development(Pretoria University Law Press, Pretoria, 2015) Bamgbose, O.Access to justice is a fundamental right that ought to be universal, but a lack of effective access to justice is frequently identified as a major barrier to realising human rights. This relates especially to women. Nigerian women are not sufficiently protected by the legal system. Women in Africa, generally, and in Nigeria, in particular, face numerous barriers that hinder their access to legal services and assistance from legal institutions that are set up to redress wrongs. Under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, it is the duty of government to ensure that all citizens have access to justice. Legal aid clinics have in the last decade developed alongside other governmental legal services. The article discusses the evolution of legal clinics in educational institutions and by non-governmental organisations in Nigeria and focuses in particular on how access to justice through the intervention of the Women’s Law Clinic, University of Ibadan, has impacted on governance and developmentItem The cane, the pain and the punishment: corporal punishment in perspective(Legal blitz, 2015) Bamgbose, O.Item Child trafficking: a trans- border journey of hope to hopelessness(His Lineage Publishing, Ibadan, 2011) Bamgbose, O.Child trafficking is a contemporary form of slave trade. Slave trade, a practice that has been abolished in all countries worldwide has resurfaced in the form of child trafficking, the system changing from forced abduction in the slave trade practice as a result of wars and raids to a system of deception and false promise to vulnerable persons in trafficking. The end result of both practices is that the victim is not. Child trafficking is transnational in nature because of the involvement of organized syndicate who specialize in trading children from one country to another. Trafficking in children has become a global business, giving huge profit for traffickers and organized syndicates, generating massive human rights violation and causing serious problem for governments. Today trafficking is one of the major concerns of both government and organization active in the migration field and it is a priority for persons working in the area of human rights, health, law enforcement agencies and social services. This article addresses work as a crime cutting across local and international borders, examines its nature, causes, effects and the global efforts to suppress it.Item Clinical legal education and cultural relativism- the realities in the 21st century(Northumbria Law Press, 2014) Bamgbose, O.; Olomola, O.‘Ubi jus ibi remedium’ is a Latin maxim that means ‘where there is a wrong, there is a remedy’. Human rights are expected to be universal and applicable to every human being. In reality not all rights guaranteed in the International Instruments are applicable in some African societies with different culture, religion and norms. Culture shapes the identity of people generally in Africa and elsewhere thus the issue of Cultural Relativism is germane to the very existence of people of African descent. International Convention and Instruments provide for Women’ Rights generally and particularly the Right to life. The experience in the Women’s Law Clinic (the clinic) of the University of Ibadan has shown the imbalance between Clinical Legal Education (CLE) and the realities in practice. This paper considers the cultural practices in some societies in Nigeria, the techniques of CLE adopted in the clinic and the challenges of the 21st Century.Item Collaborating with other disciplines: best practice for legal clinics - a case study of the women’s law clinic, University of Ibadan Nigeria(2013) Olomola, O.; Bamgbose, O.There is a gradual shift in research towards a multi-disciplinary approach. This paradigm move is in compliance with globalization. According to Carla Mariano, the human service professions are facing problems so complex that no one discipline can possibly respond to them effectively. It has been noted that many clients in the Women’s Law Clinic (WLC) of the University of Ibadan not only have problems tagged as legal, but problems closely related to other disciplines such as psychology, sociology, medicine, counselling and social works. It was therefore so obvious that the clinic was not an island; it could not exist all alone and effectively find a holistic solution to the all embracing problems presented by the clients. The clinic therefore partnered with other departments/units to achieve its goals.Item Collapsed buildings sagas: liabilities under the criminal law(2015-12-10) Bamgbose, O.Item Community lawyering- An intervention of the University of Ibadan women's law clinic in the case of stray bullet killings at Arulogun Idi-omo community: A case study(Nulai Nigeria, 2012) Olomola, O.; Olaleye, F.; Bamgbose, O.Item Community service order as an alternative to prison sentence(2013) Bamgbose, O.Item Coping with accommodation stress by female students in Nigerian Universities(2001) Bamgbose, O.Female students in Nigerian Universities face some problems. Some of the problems are peculiar to them. The problems include erratic power failure, inadequate supply of water, over-crowding, poor facilities and poor and inadequate transport facilities. The female students have devised coping strategies to deal with the problems. These include, the use of lamps and candles, using independent contractors to carry out repairs, and personal acquisition of some amenities. This has its effects, which include frequent students unrest, anti-social behavior, fire outbreak and health hazards. The paper recommends that adequate funding, provision of good transport facilities and the establishment of an efficient housing bureau are ways of finding a solution to the problems.Item Euthanasia: another face of murder(Sage Publications, London, 2004-02) Bamgbose, O.Debate over euthanasia is not a recent phenomenon. Over the years, public opinion, decisions of courts, and legal and medical approaches to the issue of euthanasia has been conflicting. The connection between murder and euthanasia has been attempted in a few debates. Although it is widely accepted that murder is a crime, a clearly defined stand has not been taken on euthanasia. This article considers euthanasia from the medical, legal, and global perspectives and discusses the crime of murder in relation to euthanasia, taking into consideration the issue of consent in the law of crime. This article concludes that in the midst of this debate on euthanasia and murder, the important thing is that different countries need to find their own solution to the issue of euthanasia rather than trying to import solutions from other countries.Item Inhibition of women in leadership roles : A legal perspective(Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 2000) Bamgbose, O.Item The Law and the regulatory agencies in the provision of health care services at the local government level(1997) Bamgbose, O.In Nigeria, the Local Government is the third tier of government. It is the nearest organ to the people . In discharging its functions, there are some legislation that imposes some duties on their tier of government. One major function of the local government is the delivery of good health care services. These functions can only be effectively carried out, if the local government officials work together with different regulatory agencies that deal with different aspect of health services. This paper examines that various laws relating to health services at the local government level, discusses the regulatory agencies involved in implementing the laws , high-lights how efficient the laws and agencies have been . Part of the recommendations made on how to improve the health care services at the local government level include the active association in disseminating information with health rules: organizing enlightenment campaigns in vernacular ,languages , using local and indigenous ways of disseminating information on relevant health care services to the people , and for local government official go keep them abreast with current laws on health care services.Item Law as a Career(SmartBrain Educational Magazine, 2014-12) Bamgbose, O.Item Legal and cultural approaches to sexual matters in Africa: the cry of the adolescent girl(University of Miami, 2001) Bamgbose, O.Item The one year and one day rule of law of murder revisited(1999) Bamgbose, O.Item The perception of the police by the poor: a case study of four communities in Oyo State - Nigeria(1997) Bamgbose, O.The Nigerian Police force is the primary law enforcement agency in Nigeria. It is the first contact that a person has with the criminal justice system. The members of the police force perform so many functions and they deal closely with the people. There is a legal adage which says that “The law is no respecter of persons". Therefore, during the interaction of the police with the members of the public, all persons are expected to | be treated equally without regards to sex, age, ethnic group, educational qualification or wealth. Furthermore, to enhance the relationship between members of the public and the police, the police coined an expression that “police is your friend”. The police come into frequent contact with certain classes of people than others in the performance of certain duties. The poor fall into this class as they come into friction with the police often. For mutual understanding between the police and the public, it is pertinent to examine the truth of this police saying from the perspective of the poor. Oyo State is one of the thirty-six States in Nigeria. Being a large Slate, this study is limited to a few communities in Oyo State, where the poor are situated. The poor are defined for the purposes of this paper and are divided into the rural and urban Areas. This paper highlights the perception of the police by the poor. The poor perceives the police as partial, corrupt, time wasters, unorganised, and inefficient. The problems of the Police Force are examined. The police stated some of these problems to include manpower problems, logistic problems, poor image of Ike police by the society, lack of funds and poor salary. This paper suggest that them is need for immediate and constant recruitment into the police force to beef up manpower, a review of the present salary structure and sufficient motivation for members of the Police force, provision of modem equipment and adequate office accommodation and materials.Item Reason for moratorium on execution(Tell Magazine, 2014-02-10) Bamgbose, O.Item A Reflection on the past, present and future of rape law(2002) Bamgbose, O.