African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

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The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child is a specialized organ of the African Union responsible for promoting, protecting, and monitoring the implementation of children’s rights under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child across member states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children’s rights body ⓘ
human rights monitoring body ⓘ
organ of the African Union ⓘ
treaty body ⓘ
abbreviation ACERWC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs African Children’s Committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction member states of the African Union ⓘ
states parties to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
composition independent experts ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
cooperatesWith African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
coreResponsibility adopt General Comments on provisions of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
examine state party reports on implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
interpret the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
monitor implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
promote the rights of the child in Africa ⓘ
protect the rights of the child in Africa ⓘ
receive communications on violations of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
undertake investigations into serious or massive violations of children’s rights ⓘ
undertake promotional missions to states parties ⓘ
country African Union ⓘ
foundingInstrument Article 32 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
headquartersLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
inception 2001 ⓘ
legalBasis African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
mainSubject children’s rights ⓘ
welfare of the child ⓘ
mandateArea civil and political rights of the child ⓘ
economic, social and cultural rights of the child ⓘ
education, health and development of the child ⓘ
protection from abuse, exploitation and violence ⓘ
meetingFrequency twice a year ⓘ
numberOfMembers 11 ⓘ
officialLanguage African Union working languages ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language
parentOrganization African Union ⓘ
regionServed Africa ⓘ
reportsTo Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union ⓘ
Executive Council of the African Union ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewable true ⓘ
website https://www.acerwc.africa ⓘ

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AfCHPR → cooperatesWith → African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
African Governance Architecture → worksWith → African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
African Union institutional system → hasComponent → African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child → alsoKnownAs → African Children’s Committee ⓘ
linked to: African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child → foundingInstrument → Article 32 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
linked to: African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
ACHPR → cooperatesWith → African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
African Governance Architecture → affiliatedWith → African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
subject linked to: AGA
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights → cooperatesWith → African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ
subject linked to: African Commission
African Union judicial organs → hasOrgan → African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ⓘ