(2017) 1 African Human Rights Yearbook 145 Two more recent communications titled Dalia Lofty on behalf of Ahmed Bassiouny v Arab Republic of Egypt108 as well as Dalia Lofty on behalf of Emad v Arab Republic of Egypt have also been finalised by the Committee. Both of these communications dealt with the right to liberty and protection from violence, and were declared inadmissible. As discussed above,109 while Egypt has entered reservations on article 44 of the Charter, the Committee found such reservations as incompatible with the object and purpose of the Charter,110 thereby considering itself as having the mandate to consider the two communications. As indicated in the Committee’s website,111 there are at least four more communications that are currently pending before the Committee, covering a wide range of child rights issues. The African Centre of Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and Peoples’ Legal Aid Centre (PLACE) v Sudan112 deals with issues related to the right to acquire a nationality and non-discrimination. The Minority Rights Group International and SOS-Esclaves on behalf of Said Ould Salem and Yarg Ould Salem v Mauritania113 raises important questions related to contemporary forms of slavery, while the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa and Finders Group Initiative on behalf of TFA (a minor) v Cameroon114 revolves around issues such as access to justice and right of appeal in a criminal case involving sexual abuse of a child. Another communication, Etoungou Nko’o on behalf of Mr and Mrs Elogo Menye and Rev Daniel Ezo’o Ayo v Cameroon,115 tests the limit of the scope of application of the Charter in relation to alleged violations of children’s rights committed once the children have died. The African Committee has also concluded its first amicable settlement. In October 2014, the Committee received a communication Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) v Malawi.116 The complainant submitted that the Constitution of Malawi, which provides in section 23(5) that ‘for the purposes of this section, children shall be persons under sixteen years of age’ constituted a violation of article 2 of the African Children’s Rights Charter that defines a child as a person below the age of 18.117 The African Children’s Committee declared the communication admissible. 108 No. 8/Com/001/2016. See sec 3 above. 110 Available at http://www.acerwc.org/download/ruling-on-admissibility-of-communi cation-no-0080022016/?wpdmdl=10222 (accessed 30 October 2017). 111 Available at http://www.acerwc.org/communications/table-of-communications/ (accessed 13 October 2017). 112 No. 5/Com/001/2015. 113 No. 7/Com/003/2015. 114 No. 6/Com/002/2015. 115 No. 10/Com/003/2016. 116 No. 4/Com/001/2014. 117 The Constitutional provision was also not aligned with other subsidiary legislation, such as the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Law that increased the minimum age of marriage from 15 to 18 years. 109