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  2. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

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    The Children's Charter originated because the member states of the AU believed that the CRC missed important socio-cultural and economic realities particular to Africa. It emphasises the need to include African cultural values and experiences when dealing with the rights of the child in such as:

  3. African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the ...

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    The ACERWC draws its mandate from articles 32–46 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), which was adopted by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Heads of State and Government on 11 July 1990 and came into force on 29 November 1999.

  4. Human rights in Africa - Wikipedia

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    According to UNICEF, there are approximately 150 million children in the 5-14 age range who are engaged in hard labor and adult work. [13] Created to defend children and safeguard their innate rights, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) was created. It also serves as the major legal instrument within the African ...

  5. Child labour in Africa - Wikipedia

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    KURET project, which is an acronym for Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia Together, is a regional effort to prevent exploitive child labor through education. Funded by the United States Department of Labor and implemented by World Vision, the Academy for Educational Development, and the ...

  6. African Union law - Wikipedia

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    The main legal instruments of African Union law include the Constitutive Act of the African Union, [4] the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, [5] the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance [6] and the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community. [7]

  7. Right to education - Wikipedia

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    In Africa, both the 1981 the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights [12] and the 1990 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child recognize the right to education. [ 13 ] In [Europe], Article 2 of the first Protocol of 20 March 1952 to the European Convention on Human Rights states that the right to education is recognized as a ...

  8. Category:African Union treaties - Wikipedia

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    African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty; African Youth ...

  9. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights - Wikipedia

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    Through a decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, SERAC v Nigeria (2001), the Charter is also understood to include a right to housing and a right to food as "implicit" in the Charter, particularly in light of its provisions on the right to life (Art. 4), right to health (Art. 16) and to development (Art. 22). [8]