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Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2003.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/983 Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Sloth-Nielsen, Julia Ankut, Priscilla Yachat Socio-economic rights Children's rights Human rights Parental responsibility State obligation African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) Children's Charter UCTD Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2003. "The prevailing realities of 'severely depressed' African economies make it difficult for children to enjoy the socio-economic rights guaranteed under the Children's Charter. This study takes the view that the responsibility of parents and the obligations of the state towards children's socio-economic rights must be mutually supportive. It therefore proposes the need for balancing parental responsibility and state obligations in the struggle to ensure that the socio-economic rights of children across the continent are met, albeit, under difficult economic circumstances. ... The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 has highlighted the structure of the entire discourse. Chapter 2 deals with the general perspectives of the socio-economic rights of children within the broad context of international human rights law. An overview of the normative and procedural framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is given. The chapter also examines the normative and procedural framework available for the protection of the child at the African regional level, the starting point of which is the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and eventually narrowed down to the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Chapter 3 addresses the concept of parental responsibility. In particular, Africa's notion of parental responsibility is critically analyzed as a factor that makes a crucial difference to the interpretations of the underlying assumptions in the Children's Charter that the socio-economic rights of children could be met through the African communal and extended family network. Chapter 4 deals with states obligations in respect of the socio-economic rights of children. The South African jurisprudence on the rights of the child is also discussed in this chapter. The chapter also highlights the interplay between parental responsibility and state obligations in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children. Chapter 5 consists of conclusions of the essay." -- Chapter 1. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html Centre for Human Rights LLM 2006-10-23T08:52:21Z 2006-10-23T08:52:21Z 2003-10 2003 Mini Dissertation Ankut, PY 2003, Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/983> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/983 en LLM Dissertations 2003(3) Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria 266215 bytes application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Socio-economic rights Children's rights Human rights Parental responsibility State obligation African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) Children's Charter UCTD Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
| title | Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
| title_full | Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
| title_fullStr | Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
| title_full_unstemmed | Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
| title_short | Balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio-economic rights of children under the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
| title_sort | balancing parental responsibility and state obligation in fulfilling the socio economic rights of children under the african charter on the rights and welfare of the child |
| topic | Socio-economic rights Children's rights Human rights Parental responsibility State obligation African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) Children's Charter UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/983 |