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 22

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