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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. 3
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- The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of women and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 1981
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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 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
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. e
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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: promote, where appropriate, the objectives of this Article by concluding bilateral or multilateral arrangements or agreements, and endeavour, within this framework to ensure that the placement of the child in another country is carried out by competent authorities or organs;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. f
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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 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
- Date modified
- Feb 13, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. b
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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 serve his national community by placing his physical and intellectual abilities at its service;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
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- Protective measures under this Article shall include effective procedures for the establishment of special monitoring units to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting referral investigation, treatment, and follow-up of instances of child abuse and neglect.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall, in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law, protect the civilian population in armed conflicts and shall take all feasible measures to ensure the protection and care of children who are affected by armed conflicts. Such rules shall also apply to children in situations of internal armed conflicts, tension and strife.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3c
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving the full realization of this right and shall in particular: make higher education accessible to all on the basis of capacity and ability by every appropriate means;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2d
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- The education of the child shall be directed to: the preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, tolerance, dialogue, mutual respect and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, tribal and religious groups;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 3a
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures with a view to achieving the full realization of this right and shall in particular: provide free and compulsory basic education
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
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- State Parties shall recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1a
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate harmful social and cultural practices affecting the welfare, dignity, normal growth and development of the child and in particular: those customs and practices prejudicial to the health or life of the child; and
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2i
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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 the meaningful participation of non-governmental organizations, local communities and the beneficiary population in the planning and management of basic service programmes for children;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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 undertake to pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular shall take measures: to reduce infant and child mortality rate;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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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 specific legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and especially physical or mental injury or abuse, neglect or maltreatment including sexual abuse, while in the care of the child.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
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- Every child accused or found guilty of having infringed penal law shall have the right to special treatment in a manner consistent with the child’s sense of dignity and worth and which reinforces the child’s respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of others.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. f
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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 a machinery to monitor the well-being of the adopted child.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
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- State Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to fully participate in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2g
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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 integrate basic health service programmes in national development plans;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
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- 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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
Paragraph