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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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  • Julia Sloth-Nielsen

    (Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Western Cape 7535, South Africa
    Department of Child Law, University of Leiden, Leiden 2311, The Netherlands
    African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

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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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  • Julia Sloth-Nielsen, 2014. "Regional Frameworks for Safeguarding Children: The Role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 3(4), pages 1-14, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:3:y:2014:i:4:p:948-961:d:42980
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    1. Afrooz Kaviani Johnson & Julia Sloth-Nielsen, 2020. "Safeguarding Children in the Developing World—Beyond Intra-Organisational Policy and Self-Regulation," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-19, June.

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