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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 4
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- There shall be a minimum age below which children shall be presumed not to have the capacity to infringe the penal law.
- 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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2c
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- The education of the child shall be directed to: the preservation and strengthening of positive African morals, traditional values and cultures;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
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- The Committee shall consist of 11 members of high moral standing, integrity, impartiality and competence in matters of the rights and welfare 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
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1
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- 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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. 7
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- [The individual shall also have the duty:] To preserve and strengthen positive African cultural values in his relations with other members of the society, in the spirit of tolerance, dialogue and consultation and, in general, to contribute to the promotion of the moral well being of society;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. 1
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- All peoples shall have the right to existence. They shall have the unquestionable and inalienable right to self-determination. They shall freely determine their political status and shall pursue their economic and social development according to the policy they have freely chosen.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. undefined
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- Every individual shall be entitled to the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed in the present Charter without distinction of any kind such as race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or any status.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. h
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- Convinced that it is henceforth essential to pay particular attention to the right to development and that civil and political rights cannot be dissociated from economic, social and cultural rights in their conception as well as universality and that the satisfaction of economic, social and cultural rights is a guarantee for the enjoyment of civil and political rights;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2a
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- Every report made under this Article shall: contain sufficient information on the implementation of the present Charter to provide the Committee with comprehensive understanding of the implementation of the Charter in the relevant country; and
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. a (iv)
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- The functions of the Committee shall be: To promote and protect the rights enshrined in this Charter and in particular to: To monitor the implementation and ensure protection of the rights enshrined in this Charter.
- 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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. a (iii)
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- The functions of the Committee shall be: To promote and protect the rights enshrined in this Charter and in particular to: cooperate with other African, international and regional Institutions and organizations concerned with the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare 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
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. a (ii)
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- The functions of the Committee shall be: To promote and protect the rights enshrined in this Charter and in particular to: formulate and lay down principles and rules aimed at protecting the rights and welfare of children in Africa;
- 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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. undefined
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- An African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child hereinafter called ‘the Committee’ shall be established within the Organization of African Unity to promote and protect the rights and welfare 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
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. e
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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 preserve and strengthen the independence and the integrity of his country;
- 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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. c
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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 preserve and strengthen social and national solidarity;
- 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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1c
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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: establish special alternative institutions for holding such mothers;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Infants
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
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- State Parties to the present Charter shall individually and collectively undertake to accord the highest priority to the special needs of children living under regimes practising racial, ethnic, religious or other forms of discrimination as well as in States subject to military destabilization.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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 individually and collectively undertake to accord the highest priority to the special needs of children living under Apartheid and in States subject to military destabilization by the Apartheid regime.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. d
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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: take all appropriate measures to ensure that in inter-country adoption, the placement does not result in trafficking or improper financial gain for those who try to adopt a child;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. c
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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: ensure that the child affected by inter-country adoption enjoys safeguards and standards equivalent to those existing in the case of national adoption;
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2
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- Child marriage and the betrothal of girls and boys shall be prohibited and effective action, including legislation, shall be taken to specify the minimum age of marriage to be 18 years and make registration of all marriages in an official registry compulsory.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Harmful Practices
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 1b
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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 discriminatory to the child on the grounds of sex or other status.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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 added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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