Children S Rights In Africa

Author : Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317167532

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Children's Rights in Africa by Julia Sloth-Nielsen Pdf

This collection is anchored in an African conception of children's rights and the law, and reflects contemporary discourses taking place in the region of the children's rights sphere. The majority of contributors are African and adopt an individual approach to their topic which reflects their first-hand experience. The book focuses on child rights issues which have particular resonance on the continent and the chapters span themes which are both broad and narrow, containing subject matter which is both theoretical and illuminated by practice. The book profiles recent developments and experiences in furthering children's legal rights in the African context, and distils from these future trends the specific role that the law can play in the African children's rights environment.

Author : Oyero, Olusola
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799803317

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Media and Its Role in Protecting the Rights of Children in Africa by Oyero, Olusola Pdf

Many international and national charters and declarations have sought to define and protect the rights of children and ensure their safety. Although many African countries subscribe to these international conventions and charters, rights violations against children have not diminished, and negative actions against children are still carried out daily. Though the media have been charged with the responsibility of active involvement in protecting the interest of the child, it is important to examine how well they have fared in the performance of this duty and the challenges that occur in the process, as well as identify future pathways to ensure that the media succeeds in this assignment. Media and Its Role in Protecting the Rights of Children in Africa is an essential research publication that examines media roles, challenges, theories, and strategies to ensuring the realization of the rights of children. Featuring a range of topics such as cyber-ethics, media studies, and sustainable development, this book is essential for reporters, journalists, newscasters, broadcasters, communication specialists, government officials, activists, humanitarians, sociologists, psychologists, social workers, professionals, researchers, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, academicians, and students.

Author : Afua Twum-Danso Imoh,Nicola Ansell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135071783

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Children’s Lives in an Era of Children’s Rights by Afua Twum-Danso Imoh,Nicola Ansell Pdf

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, marked a turning point in the perception of children in international law and policy. Although it was hoped that the Convention would have a significant and positive impact on the lives of all children, this has not happened in many parts of the world. This edited volume, based on empirical research and Non-Governmental Organisation project data, explores the progress of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and to a lesser extent, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, in nine African countries in the 25 years since it was adopted by the UN General Assembly. The book considers the implementation of the Convention both in terms of policy and practice, and its impact on the lived experiences of children in societies across the continent, focusing on specific themes such as HIV/AIDS, education and disability, child labour, witchcraft stigmatisation, street children, parent-child relationships and child participation. The book breaks new ground in blending legal and social perspectives of the experiences of children, and identifies concrete ways forward for the better implementation of the CRC treaty in the various political contexts that exist in Africa.

Author : Stephen Nmeregini Achilihu
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781599428536

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Do African Children Have Rights? by Stephen Nmeregini Achilihu Pdf

The United Nations 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) constitutes a landmark in the development of international human rights law and reflects an historic turn in universal thinking about children and their rights. Many children in Africa today face the future with a deep sense of uncertainty and foreboding. Many have no hope of education and the issues of child trafficking, sexual exploitation and child labour reflect a profound crisis of the family. The current socio-economic situation has radically changed the world views and the life expectations of the African child. This book attempts to respond to some of the questions that could be asked: to what extent have the provisions of the CRC been implemented in the national legislations of African States? What effect have they had on children in Africa? What mechanisms exist to prevent and sanction rights abusers? Are children's rights in Africa reality, or simply rhetoric?

Author : Thoko Kaime
Publisher : PULP
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
ISBN : 9780981442044

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The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child by Thoko Kaime Pdf

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: A socio-legal perspectiveby Thoko Kaime2009ISBN: 978-0-9814420-4-4Pages: xii 247Print version: AvailableElectronic version: Free PDF available.

Author : Remember Miamingi
Publisher : Pretoria University Law Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781920538873

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State party reporting and the realisation of children’s rights in Africa by Remember Miamingi Pdf

About the publication Human rights norms will largely remain hollow if they are not translated into the lived realities of people on the ground. Given the diversity and complexities of human rights norms, the arrays of institutions, mechanisms and resource required to give full effect to these norms, implementation of human rights norms is a continuous and progressive undertaking. Progress, to be meaningful, should have milestones and mechanisms for tracking it. The reporting mechanisms are human rights’ monitoring and evaluation plans and systems to track progressive implementation. This book provides an assessment of the reporting mechanisms of child rights treaty bodies. It highlights what is working or not working and why, making recommendations for further improvement of the reporting mechanism to better work for children in Africa. The findings and recommendations in the book are based on a study commissioned by the Centre for Human Rights, to assess the effects of reporting to United Nations and African Union child rights treaty bodies on the enjoyment of rights, protection and welfare of children in Africa. It covers 17 African countries, and provides a historical snapshot of the situation as at the end of 2017.

Author : Gerd Spittler,M. F. C. Bourdillon
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9783643902054

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African Children at Work by Gerd Spittler,M. F. C. Bourdillon Pdf

Most children in Africa start working from a very early age, helping the family or earning wages. Should this work be abolished, tolerated, or encouraged? Such questions are the subject of much debate. International and national organizations, employers, parents, and children often have diverse opinions and put pressure in different directions. The contributions in this book offer intensive fieldwork and careful analysis of children's activities, considering childhood and family, work and play, work in rural and urban contexts, paths to learning, work and school, and children's rights. (Series: Reports on African Studies / Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung - Vol. 52)

Author : Mohammed Saheb‏ Hussain,Clement J. Mashamba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
ISBN : 9966530142

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Child rights and the law in East Africa by Mohammed Saheb‏ Hussain,Clement J. Mashamba Pdf

Author : Alex De Waal,Nicolas Argenti
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111765157

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Young Africa by Alex De Waal,Nicolas Argenti Pdf

How did the Ghanaian state, after flirtation with structuralist theories and state intervention in the early 1960s, followed by persistent resistance to fiscal correction and a long economic slide in the 1970s and early 1980s, turn the economy around?

Author : Welshman Ncube
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023112282

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Law, Culture, Tradition, and Children's Rights in Eastern and Southern Africa by Welshman Ncube Pdf

The fact that the Convention on the Rights of The Child is the most widely ratified international treaty on human rights suggests not only a large degree of international normative consensus on the content of children's rights, but also a high level of resolve and commitment among states to ensure that each child receives appropriate nurturing and protection within the framework of the minimum standards set by the Convention.

Author : Ulrike Kahbila Mbuton
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783668959606

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The role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in the follow-up of its decisions on communications by Ulrike Kahbila Mbuton Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, grade: A, University of Pretoria (Centre for Human Rights), course: LLM Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa, language: English, abstract: The African Union (AU) has put in place a robust and comprehensive framework for the promotion and protection of Children’s rights in Africa. This was achieved in 1990 with the adoption of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (African Children’s Charter). The African human rights system is the only regional system that has a child rights instrument. The African Children’s Charter addresses issues that are specific to the African child. The African Children’s Charter entered into force on 29 November 1999. As at the time of conducting this study, the African Children’s Charter had been ratified by 48 African states, whiles even others are yet to ratify same. The African states that are yet to ratify the Charter are: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kingdom of Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Republic of Somalia, Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Republic of South Sudan, and Republic of Tunisia.

Author : M. Denov,R. Maclure,C. Kathryn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230119253

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Children’s Rights and International Development by M. Denov,R. Maclure,C. Kathryn Pdf

A timely examination of the plight of children and youths in developing nations. The chapters strike a balance between diagnostic analysis of the conditions of risk, with prescriptive ideas for approaching and intervening with marginalized children.

Author : Loretta Elizabeth Bass
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1588262863

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Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa by Loretta Elizabeth Bass Pdf

Bass's comprehensive, systematic study examines the complex factors framing child labor in Africa and offers a window on the lives of the child workers themselves.

Author : Cuthbert K. Omari,Dorothy A. S. Mbilinyi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Children
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073494390

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African Values and Child Rights by Cuthbert K. Omari,Dorothy A. S. Mbilinyi Pdf

Author : Purna Sen,Christina Hajdu,Jade Cochran
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : 1849290113

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Child Rights in the Commonwealth by Purna Sen,Christina Hajdu,Jade Cochran Pdf

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) acknowledged the modern understanding of childhood. It formulated what children can expect as a set of rights as distinct from welfare or kindness from adults. This book examines the importance of child rights, and provides an overview of the key themes of the CRC.