Regional frameworks for safeguarding children: The role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
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Date
2014
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MDPI
Abstract
This article discusses the safeguarding movement in the context of child
protection. After providing it’s key principles and precepts, the relevant provisions of the
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child which link to safeguarding are
stipulated, as well as a brief description given of the mandate of the African Committee of
Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Some aspects of the practical working
methods of the Committee are thereafter considered. With reference to the Committee’s
interface with non-governmental organisations, some proposals concerning the Committee
and the safeguarding movement are put forward.
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Child protection, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Legislation, Children's rights, Non-governmental organisations
Citation
Sloth-Nielsen, J. (2014). Regional frameworks for safeguarding children: The role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Social Sciences, 3(4): 948-961