Day of the African Child 2026: Focus on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the African Union have elected seven experts to serve on the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC): Albab Tesfaye AYALEW (Ethiopia), Satang NABANEH (The Gambia), Wael Mohamed AbdelRazek Mohamed AWAD (Egypt), Wilson Almeida ADAO (Angola), Robert Doya NANIMA (Uganda), Anne MUSIWA (Zimbabwe), and Joseph Sunday SINNAH (Sierra Leone). The latter four were re-elected and will serve a second and final term.

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Call for Submissions By The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Special Rapporteur on Birth Registration, Name and Nationality in Africa

Topic: Digitalization of Birth Registration in Africa: challenges and opportunities for children’s rights

The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), in line with its mandate to promote and protect the rights and welfare of children in Africa, is seeking written submissions on the digitalization of birth registration on the continent, focusing on challenges and o

Statement of the Working Group on Children with Disabilities of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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ACERWC Follow-up Mission in Eswatini (18-21 July, 2023)

The Committee will undertake a working visit in the Kingdom, to assess actions taken to implement its recommendations on the country's Initial Report, and examine their impact on the rights & welfare of children.