African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3
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Paragraph text
When considering alternative family care of the child and the best interests of the child, due regard shall be paid to the desirability of continuity in a child’s up-bringing and to the child’s ethnic, religious or linguistic background.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Organization of African Unity
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Year
1990
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990), Article 25, 3.