Dawn of a new decade? The 16th and 17th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
dc.contributor.author | Wakefield, Lorenzo | |
dc.contributor.author | Assim, Usang Maria | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-22T13:32:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-02-22T13:32:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 16th and 17th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child took place at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in November 2010 and March 2011, respectively. This article provides an overview of these sessions, together with the Civil Society Organisations Fora that preceded these sessions. These sessions featured significant developments in the work of the Committee. The first relates to a new collaboration between a network of five non-governmental organisations and the Committee to promote the work of this treaty body. Secondly, the Committee delivered its first communication, finding against the government of Kenya in regard to the right to nationality (amongst other rights) of Nubian children in Kenya. These two activities are major highlights for the Committee in the execution of its mandate. It is argued that, despite the challenges faced by the Committee, it is at the threshold of a new era through which it may be established as a significant regional human rights treaty body. | en_US |
dc.description.accreditation | International Bibliography of Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Wakefield, L & Assim,U.M. (2011). Dawn of a new decade? The 16th and 17th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. African Human Rights Law Journal, 11: 699-720 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1609-073X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/546 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
dc.publisher | Juta | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright Juta Law. This file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted. | |
dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
dc.subject | African human rights system | en_US |
dc.subject | African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child | en_US |
dc.subject | African Union | en_US |
dc.subject | Children's rights | en_US |
dc.subject | Children | en_US |
dc.subject | African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) | en_US |
dc.title | Dawn of a new decade? The 16th and 17th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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