a)The information is made by means of social media, including Television, Radio and
Newspapers, which broadcasting and publishing the news, so that society is aware of
the facts that occur within and outside the country, regarding issues favorable or
unfavorable for the child;
(b) Awareness-raising, is provided through pamphlets, posters, leaflets, stickers and
other audio-visual material, with messages, to make citizens sensitive to the child's
problems and to encourage them to act in accordance with what the human rights
instruments prescribed;
c) in the meantime, the mobilization, is done through outdoor, spot radio and
television stations, round tables, seminars, lectures, debates, interviews, theatrical
scenarios (for example, children's carnival, through an artistic and cultural
representation, on awareness raising themes), motivate society to embrace the
child's cause in the hope that at any moment someone can do something
praiseworthy for those children who are at risk.
d) The national and regional child parliament, is a forum through which children
express their aspirations and contribute to the implementation of the African Charter
on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
IV. DEFINITION OF THE CHILD
103. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a State party to two international legal
instruments that define the status of citizens who should be considered as "children".
These are the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) and
the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
104. According to Article 2 of the ACRWC, a child means any human being below the
age of 18 years. Furthermore, according to Article 1 of the CRC, a child is any
human being under the age of 18 years, unless, under the law applicable to him, he
or she reaches this age of majority earlier.
105. In principle, the Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, does not
establish, in any of its provisions, at what age is the age of majority.
106. The Guinean legal system, does not differ from that contained in Article 2 of the
ACRWC and Article 1 of the CRC, since the infra-constitutional law treats as children
who are not eighteen (18) years of age.
107. Article 66 of the Civil Code in force in Guinea-Bissau, establishes that legal
personality is acquired with full birth and life from that moment, people become
subjected to legal relationships and thus, have legal capacity, without prejudice to the
restrictions contained in the legal provisions and no one can waive in whole or in part
to their legal capacity (Article 69 of the CC).
108. Articles 123, 124, 125, 127 and 139 of the Civil Code (CC) state respectively
that, unless otherwise specified, children lack of capacity to exercise rights. This legal
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