To browse Academia. Within the last two decades, the ferocious and infernal activities of the Boko Haram as an active terrorist network, especially within the context of the Lake Chad region, have informed the conclusion that a rapid counterterrorism response is imperative. These clusters of countries Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon have become vulnerable to the extremism of this Islamic sect.
Apart from the normal aftermath of violence such as numerous deaths and a humanitarian crisis, this conflict has assumed a dangerous twist bordering on the horrific, with grisly human rights abuses that often leave the local and international public shocked and dumbfounded.
Even though much has been documented about the formation of the Multinational Joint Task Force, an initiative that aims at liquidating the terrorists, the atrocities have persisted. The paper aims at advocating an end to all forms of human rights abuses perpetrated by the Boko Haram through a concerted collaboration between national authorities and regional and international institutions.
The paper also aims at promoting the MNJTF to rise to its responsibility by adhering to all human rights protocols and rules of engagement RoE in its regional security management engagements. To develop its perspectives, the paper has depended on existing literature describing the violent conflicts, and various human rights articles that were extracted and analysed using the desktop approach.
The activities of the Boko Haram insurgent group have drawn significant and tremendous attention and scrutiny, and this is looking increasingly likely to continue unabated, bearing in mind the in-fighting which has broken out inside the umbrella of the insurgent jihadists, and posing convoluted challenges with the death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram faction. This thesis is interesting because it is considering the activities of the revolutionary group from the outlook or standpoint of Human Rights, an aspect that appears not to have drawn attention proportional to its significance.
