AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD

AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD

Adopted by the Twenty-sixth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - July 1990.

The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in its Decision

Assembly/AU/Dec.548 (XXIV) has approved the amendment of Article 37 (1) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare

PREAMBLE

The African Member States of the Organization of African Unity, Parties to the present Charter entitled ‘African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child’,

Considering that