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Children: Government Resources: Library Guide: Africa

Resources

African Child Law Reform (archived October 2016)

Project of the University of the Western Cape's Community Law Centre and UNICEF. "On this website information and news around current law reform initiatives can be found, together with a repository of children's rights legislation in the region. Various international and regional African treaties and instruments can also be found here."

African Child Rights Cases

The African Child Rights Case Law Database is a collection of judgments from domestic courts in various African countries on cases related to the rights and welfare of children. Maintained by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) 

Child Law Resources

Project of the African Child Policy Forum. "The Child Law Resources (CLR) provides access to comprehensive information on the international, regional and national legal and policy framework pertaining to children in Africa."