The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

The first book dealing with the important topic of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child which is a further means of securing Children's Rights in the international context and supplements the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in the African regional context. This book contains ground-breaking interpretations of the Charter's provisions in the context of the Convention and the African perspective. It delivers insights into how the rights and responsibilities in the Charter can be harnessed to improve the situation and circumstances of children in Africa. More important, it points out the inadequacies of the Charter to ensure a comprehensive analysis of the provisions contained therein.