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Purpose: Syllabus/Content:
The module content will comprise the following themes:
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
Impact of the CRC in Africa
United Nations framework for children's rights
The Committee on the Rights of the Child Complaints procedure in terms of the CRC
Optional Protocol on Communications procedure
The use and value of the CRC in domestic courts
Socio legal aspects of the Convention
Rule of procedure for the Convention and optional protocols
United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules)
Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System
United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)
General Comment 1 - 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
The children's rights mandates of the African Union and United Nations - various themes
Exploration of cultural legitimacy in the CRC and African Charter
The African Charter on the Right and Welfare of the Child
The African Commission on Human and People's Rights
African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Impact of the Charter in Africa
African Union framework for the protection of children's rights
The use of the African Charter in domestic courts
Socio-legal aspects of the Charter
Judicial enforcement of socio-economic rights
The Committee on the Rights of the Child Complaints procedure in terms of the African charter
Children's rights in African settings
Selected case law
Rule of procedure for the African Committee
General comment No 1 and 2
Aspects of human rights and impact litigation
Realising children's rights through civil society
Realising rights through treaty mechanisms
Child participation
Advocacy and children's rights
Monitoring, documenting and reporting children's rights
Selected aspects of children's rights: the rights of disabled children, gender rights, LGTBI rights, HIV/AIDS and rights protection, refugee law etc.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
OAU Convention governing Specific Aspects of the Refugee
Problems in Africa.
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