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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. 1
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- [The individual shall also have the duty:] To preserve the harmonious development of the family and to work for the cohesion and respect of the family; to respect his parents at all times, to maintain them in case of need.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Year
- 1981
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3
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- Where no parents, legal guardians or close relatives can be found, the child shall be accorded the same protection as any other child permanently or temporarily deprived of his family environment for any reason.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1f
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to provide special treatment to expectant mothers and to mothers of infants and young children who have been accused or found guilty of infringing the penal law and shall in particular: the essential aim of the penitentiary system will be the reformation, integration of the mother to the family and social rehabilitation.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Infants
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2f
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures: to develop preventive health care and family life education and provision of service;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. a
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall take appropriate measures to prevent: the abduction, sale of, or traffick in children for any purpose or in any form, by any person including parents or legal guardians of the child;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- No child shall be deprived of maintenance by reference to the parents’ marital status.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that a child who is seeking refugee status or who is considered a refugee in accordance with applicable international or domestic law shall, whether unaccompanied or accompanied by parents, legal guardians or close relatives, receive appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance in the enjoyment of the rights set out in this Charter and other international human rights and humanitarian instruments to which the States are Parties.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. a
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- State Parties which recognize the system of adoption shall ensure that the best interest of the child shall be the paramount consideration and they shall: establish competent authorities to determine matters of adoption and ensure that the adoption is carried out in conformity with applicable laws and procedures and on the basis of all relevant and reliable information, that the adoption is permissible in view of the child’s status concerning parents, relatives and guardians and that, if necessary, the appropriate persons concerned have given their informed consent to the adoption on the basis of appropriate counseling;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. b
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- State Parties which recognize the system of adoption shall ensure that the best interest of the child shall be the paramount consideration and they shall: recognize that inter-country adoption in those States that have ratified or adhered to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child or this Charter, may, as the last resort, be considered as an alternative means of a child’s care, if the child cannot be placed in a foster or an adoptive family or cannot in any suitable manner be cared for in the child’s country of origin;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3
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- 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.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1c
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- Parents or other persons responsible for the child shall have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development the child and shall have the duty: to ensure that domestic discipline is administered with humanity and in a manner consistent with the inherent dignity of the child.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3
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- Where separation results from the action of a State Party, the State Party shall provide the child, or if appropriate, another member of the family with essential information concerning the whereabouts of the absent member or members of the family. State Parties shall also ensure that the submission of such a request shall not entail any adverse consequences for the person or persons in whose respect it is made.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 4
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall respect the rights and duties of parents, and where applicable, of legal guardians, to choose for their children schools other than those established by public authorities, which conform to such minimum standards as approved by the State, to ensure the religious and moral education of the child in a manner consistent with the evolving capacities of the child.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- State Parties shall undertake to cooperate with existing international organizations which protect and assist refugees in their efforts to protect and assist such a child and to trace the parents or other close relatives or an unaccompanied refugee child in order to obtain information necessary for reunification with the family.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1a
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- Parents or other persons responsible for the child shall have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development the child and shall have the duty: to ensure that the best interests of the child are their basic concern at all times;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1b
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- Parents or other persons responsible for the child shall have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development the child and shall have the duty: to secure, within their abilities and financial capacities, conditions of living necessary to the child’s development; and
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2a
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall in accordance with their means and national conditions take all appropriate measures: to assist parents and other persons responsible for the child and in case of need, provide material assistance and support programmes particularly with regard to nutrition, health, education, clothing and housing;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2b
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall in accordance with their means and national conditions take all appropriate measures: to assist parents and others responsible for the child in the performance of child-rearing and ensure the development of institutions responsible for providing care of children; and
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2c
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall in accordance with their means and national conditions take all appropriate measures: to ensure that the children of working parents are provided with care services and facilities.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2h
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures: to ensure that all sectors of the society, in particular, parents, children, community leaders and community workers are informed and supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health and nutrition, the advantages of breastfeeding, hygiene and environmental sanitation and the prevention of domestic and other accidents;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- State Parties to the present Charter: shall ensure that a child who is parentless, or who is temporarily or permanently deprived of his or her family environment, or who in his or her best interest cannot be brought up or allowed to remain in that environment shall be provided with alternative family care, which could include, among others, foster placement, or placement in suitable institutions for the care of children;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. a
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- Every child shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State and other legally recognized communities and the international community. The child, subject to his age and ability, and such limitations as may be contained in the present Charter, shall have the duty: to work for the cohesion of the family, to respect his parents, superiors and elders at all times and to assist them in case of need;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. f
- Paragraph text
- Every child shall have responsibilities towards his family and society, the State and other legally recognized communities and the international community. The child, subject to his age and ability, and such limitations as may be contained in the present Charter, shall have the duty: to contribute to the best of his abilities at all times, and at all levels, to the promotion and achievement of African Unity.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- State Parties to the present Charter: shall take all necessary measures to trace and re-unite children with parents or relatives where separation is caused by internal and external displacement arising from armed conflicts or natural disasters.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- The essential aim of treatment of every child during the trial and also if found guilty of infringing the penal law shall be his or her reformation, reintegration into his or her family and social rehabilitation.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- State Parties to the present Charter shall take appropriate steps to ensure equality of rights and responsibilities of spouses with regard to children during marriage and in the event of its dissolution. In case of the dissolution, provision shall be made for the necessary protection of the child.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- Every child shall be entitled to the enjoyment of parental care and protection and shall, whenever possible, have the right to reside with his or her parents. No child shall be separated from his/her parents against his/her will, except when a judicial authority determines in accordance with the appropriate law, that such separation is in the best interest of the child.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall enjoy the protection and support of the State for its establishment and development.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- Any child who is permanently or temporarily deprived of his family environment for any reason shall be entitled to special protection and assistance;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- Every child who is separated from one or both parents shall have the right to maintain personal relations and direct contact with both parents on a regular basis.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Paragraph type
- Article
Paragraph