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48th Ordinary Session

48th Ordinary Session

Aug 05 2026

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA

WHAT:

The Forty-Eighth (48th) Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), the African Union's treaty body mandated to promote and protect the rights and welfare of children in Africa and monitor the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child by States Parties.

Call for Side Events during the 48th Ordinary Session of the ACERWC
Aug 03 2026

Call for Side Events
48th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

Call for Inputs by the ACERWC Special Rapporteur on Health on the draft General Comment on Article 28 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Jun 04 2026

CALL FOR INPUTS BY THE AFRICAN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD (ACERWC) SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HEALTHON THE DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON ARTICLE 28 OF THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD

Background

Call for Inputs by the ACERWC Special Rapporteur on Health on the draft General Comment on Article 28 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Jun 04 2026

CALL FOR INPUTS BY THE AFRICAN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD (ACERWC) SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HEALTH ON THE DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON ARTICLE 28 OF THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD

Background

47th Ordinary Session of the ACERWC
Apr 22 2026

The 47th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child kicked of  in Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho on the 17th of April 2026. The Session opened with remarks from H.E. Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho, 

Remarks from the AU Special Envoy on Children Affected by Armed Conflict

Day of the African Child 2026
Mar 18 2026

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

AU Executive Council Elects Seven Members to the ACERWC
Feb 16 2026

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.

Webinar on Education for Children with Disabilities in Africa
Aug 13 2025

Background

Call for contributions for a commemorative publication on the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the African Children’s Charter
Jul 01 2025

Call for Submissions by ACERWC Special Rapporteur on Birth Registration, Name and Nationality in Africa
May 06 2025

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

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