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

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children’s rights body human rights monitoring body organ of the African Union treaty body

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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	children’s rights body ⓘ human rights monitoring body ⓘ organ of the African Union ⓘ treaty body ⓘ
abbreviation	ACERWC NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	African Children’s Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingInstrument	Article 32 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	2001 ⓘ
legalBasis	African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
parentOrganization	African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	Africa ⓘ
reportsTo	Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Executive Council of the African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ