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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 2002 | |||||||
SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution | Aug 19, 2019 | Document | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | 2002 | |||||||
SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | To ensure consistent focus on and pursuance of the regional priorities delineated above, States Parties shall promote solidarity, co-operation and collective action between and among SAARC Member States in the arena of child rights and development. States Parties view such cooperation as mutually reinforcing and capable of enhancing the quality and impact of their national efforts to create the enabling conditions and environment for full realization of child rights and attainment of the highest possible standard of child well being. In pursuance hereof, States Parties shall: c. make special arrangements for speedy completion and disposal, on priority basis, of any judicial or administrative inquiry or proceeding involving a child who is a national of another SAARC Member State, and for the transfer of children who are nationals of SAARC countries, accused of infringing the penal code, back to their country of legal residence for trial and treatment, provided that the alleged offence has not imperiled the national security of the country where it has been allegedly committed. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Taking into account, the declaration of the years 2001-2010 as the "SAARC Decade of the Rights of the Child"; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Parties to the present Convention |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The Convention shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following the date of deposit of the Seventh Instrument of Ratification with the Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The Convention shall be open for signature by the Member States of SAARC at the Eleventh SAARC Summit in Kathmandu, and thereafter, at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu. It shall be subject to ratification. The Instruments of Ratification shall be deposited with the SAARC Secretary General. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Recognising their nature and scope, States Parties may encourage cooperation with UN and other international agencies. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | State Parties, while implementing the provisions of the Convention, may encourage and support the participation of non-Governmental bodies including community-based organisations. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Nothing in this Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the realization of the rights of the South Asian child and which may be contained in national laws or international agreements that are in force. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The States Parties to the Convention shall adopt, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the legislative and other measures necessary to ensure the implementation of the Convention. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | States Parties shall encourage and support bilateral and multilateral agreements and cooperation that would have positive impact on regional and national efforts in facilitating, fulfilling and protecting the rights and well being of the child. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the establishment of regional arrangements, States Parties shall be guided by the following principles: States Parties shall always consider gender justice and equality as key aspirations for children, the realization of which, collectively by the governments, would enhance the progress of South Asia. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the establishment of regional arrangements, States Parties shall be guided by the following principles: States Parties shall consider this Convention as a guiding force for all national laws and bilateral or multilateral agreements that are entered into in the field of child welfare. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the establishment of regional arrangements, States Parties shall be guided by the following principles: States Parties shall uphold "the best interests of the child" as a principle of paramount importance and shall adhere to the said principle in all actions concerning children. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the establishment of regional arrangements, States Parties shall be guided by the following principles: States Parties shall reaffirm the right of the child to enjoy all rights and freedoms guaranteed by the national laws and regionally and internationally binding instruments. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The purposes and objectives of the present Convention shall be to: Set up appropriate regional arrangements to assist the Member States in facilitating, fulfilling and protecting the rights of the Child, taking into account the changing needs of the child. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The purposes and objectives of the present Convention shall be to: Work together with commitment and diligence, to facilitate and help in the development and protection of the full potential of the South Asian child, with understanding of the rights, duties and responsibilities as well as that of others; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | The purposes and objectives of the present Convention shall be to: Unite the States Parties in their determination of redeeming the promises made by them to the South Asian Child at the World Summit for Children and at various other national and international conferences and successive SAARC Summits; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the purposes of this Convention; Child shall mean a national of any Member State of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), below the age of eighteen years unless, under the national law, majority is attained earlier. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | For the purposes of this Convention; Rights of the Child shall mean the rights of children embodied in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Realizing further that, together, the Member States of SAARC can move towards a comprehensive South Asian vision for the well-being of their children; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Acknowledging that regional solidarity and cooperation through sharing of experience, expertise, information and resources are eminently useful in galvanizing the efforts of the South Asian nations to fulfill and protect the rights of children; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Bearing in mind that the development of the full potential of the South Asian child is a critical concomitant to the region's collective march towards solidarity, justice, peace and human progress; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Recognizing the efforts of SAARC towards building a regional consensus on priorities, strategies and approaches to meet the changing needs of children, as embodied in Rawalpindi Resolution on Children of South Asia 1996, and noting the significant progress already made by the Member States in the field of child survival and welfare; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Reaffirming their adherence to the Declaration of the World Summit for Children and their commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Recalling the common proclamation of their nations in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that childhood is entitled to special care and assistance; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Recognising, therefore, that the family, as the fundamental unit of society and also as the ideal nurturing environment for the growth and well-being of children, should be afforded the necessary protection and assistance so that it can fully assume and fulfill responsibility for its children and community; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Bearing in mind that parents or legal guardians, as the case may be, have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of the child; |
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SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia 2002, para. undefined | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | Legally binding | Regional treaty | Noting that a quarter of the world's children live in South Asia and many of them require assistance and protection to secure and fully enjoy their rights, and to develop to their full potential and lead a responsible life in family and society; |
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