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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dc.contributor.authorSloth-Nielsen, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-23T11:14:40Z
dc.date.available2015-09-23T11:14:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSloth-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): 948-961en_US
dc.identifier.issn2076-0760
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1663
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsAll articles published by MDPI are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci3040948
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectChild protectionen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC)en_US
dc.subjectAfrican Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Childen_US
dc.subjectLegislationen_US
dc.subjectChildren's rightsen_US
dc.subjectNon-governmental organisationsen_US
dc.titleRegional frameworks for safeguarding children: The role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Childen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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