BUJUMBURA, August 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………………...2
LIST OF ACRONYMS………………………………………………………....................... 4
I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 6
II. GENERAL MEASURES OF APPLICATION....................................... 7
III. DEFINITION OF THE CHILD ........................................................... 12
IV. GENERAL PRINCIPLES ..................................................................... 13
V. CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ...................................................... 16
B) FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ....................................................................................................... 18
C). FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, CONSCIENCE AND RELIGION (ART.14) .............................................. 18
D) FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY .......................................................... 18
E).PROTECTION OF PRIVACY (ART.16) ......................................................................................... 18
F) PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST ABUSE AND ILL TREATMENT ........................................... 19
VI. FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND ALTERNATIVE CARE ............. 19
A) PARENTAL GUIDANCE (ART. 20) ............................................................................................. 19
B) THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS (ART. 20.1) ....................................................................... 19
C) SEPARATION FROM PARENTS (ART. 19.2,3 AND 25) ................................................................ 20
CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF FAMILY CARE. ....................................................................................... 20
D) FAMILY REUNIFICATION (ART 25.2B) ...................................................................................... 21
E) CHILD MAINTENANCE (ART.18.3) ........................................................................................... 21
F) ADOPTION AND PERIODIC ASSESSMENT OF THE CHILD’S PLACEMENT (ART 24) ....................... 22
G) . ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION OF THE CHILD (ART 16 AND 27).................................. 23
VII. BASIC HEALTH AND WELL BEING ............................................. 23
MATERNAL HEALTH .................................................................................................................... 25
HEALTH OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS ....................................................................................... 26
NUTRITION OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS ................................................................................... 27
ACCESS TO WATER, HYGIENE AND SANITATION ........................................................................... 28
VIII. EDUCATION, LEISURE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ......... 30
PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION ........................................................................................................ 31
BASIC EDUCATION .................................................................................................................. 31
GENERAL AND PEDAGOGICAL SECONDARY EDUCATION.......................................................... 33
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND CRAFT (ART. 28) ............................................. 34
STUDENTS ................................................................................................... 34
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION ................................................................................................................ 35
GIRLS’ EDUCATION...................................................................................................................... 35
A. LEISURE, RECREATION AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ................................................................ 36
A) CHILDREN IN EMERGENCY SITUATION .................................................................................... 37
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Refugee, returnee or displaced children .................................................................................................................. 37
B) CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW (ART.17) .................................................................... 39
i. Administration of juvenile justice ................................................................................................................................. 39
ii. Children deprived of their liberty, including any form of détention, imprisonment or placement in child care facility
and compliance with article 5 (3) of the Charter prohibiting the imposition of death penalty on children ............. 41
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