Contents
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1
PART A ........................................................................................................................................................ 2
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHARTER SINCE 2015 ........................................................................... 2
General Update ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Legislative Framework ............................................................................................................................. 3
Constitutional amendment on the age of the child – 2017 .................................................................... 3
Access to Information Act – 2017 ......................................................................................................... 4
HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Management) Act – 2018 .......................................................................... 4
Trafficking in Persons Act 2015............................................................................................................ 5
Marriage Divorce and Family Relations Act 2015 ............................................................................... 5
National Planning Commission Act 2017 ............................................................................................. 6
Electronic Transactions and Cyber Security Act – 2016 ...................................................................... 6
Courts Amendment Act 2016................................................................................................................. 7
Land Act 2016 ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Customary Land Act 2016..................................................................................................................... 8
Physical Planning Act 2016 .................................................................................................................. 8
Land Survey Act 2016 ........................................................................................................................... 9
Political Parties Act 2018 ................................................................................................................... 10
National Intelligence Service Act 2018 ............................................................................................... 11
Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 ....................................................................................................... 12
Policy Framework ............................................................................................................................... 12
National Cultural Policy 2015............................................................................................................. 12
The Gender Equality Act Implementation and Monitoring Plan (2016-2020) ................................... 13
National Forest Policy 2016 ............................................................................................................... 13
National Agriculture Policy 2016 ....................................................................................................... 14
National Agriculture Investment Plan 2018 ....................................................................................... 16
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy 2016 ............................................................................... 17
Malawi Growth and Development Strategy – 2017 -2022.................................................................. 18
National Action Plan on Persons with Albinism – 2018 – 2020 ......................................................... 18
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