I. INTRODUCTION...........................................................7
II. METHODOLOGY OF WORK. ...............................................12
2.1 Methodology for the Drafting of the Report on the Implementation of the African Charter on the
Rights and Welfare of the Child, is based on.......................................................................................12
III. GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION OR ENFORCEMENT MEASURES……......................................14
3.1. Legislation and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child –ACRWC............... 14
a) National Legal Instruments Relating to the Rights of the Child........................................................ 15
45. (b) International legal instruments of human rights, particularly the children’s rights, to which
Guinea-Bissau is a party .................................................................................................................... 16
3.2 Policy Measures, Programs and Actions for the Implementation of the African Charter on the
Rights and Welfare of the Child.............................................................................................................17
3.3. Mechanisms for the Implementation of the Charter...................................................................... 18
2.1.3 Institutional Framework.............................................................................................................. 18
3.3.2 Participatory Integration .............................................................................................................19
3.3.3 Coordination and Interaction ……………… ................................................................................20
3.3.4 Consultative Approach…... .........................................................................................................22
3.4 Independent structures and monitoring.......................................................................................... 22
3.5 Data Collection............................................................................................................................... 28
3.6 Training on the Rights of the Child and Dissemination of the Charter ...........................................28
IV. DEFINITION OF THE CHILD.......................................................................................................... 29
V. GENERAL PRINCIPLES................................................................................................................. 31
5.1. Principle of Non-discrimination - Articles 3 and 26 of the Charter .................................................31
5.2. Best Interests of the Child - Article 4 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
.............................................................................................................................................................33
a) Parental Separation....................................................................................................................... 33
b) Adoption........................................................................................................................................... 34
c) Legal protection............................................................................................................................... 34
5.3. Right to life, survival and development.......................................................................................... 35
5.4. Respect for the child's point of view.............................................................................................. 36
VI. Civil Rights and Freedoms.............................................................................................................. 38
6.1. Birth Registration........................................................................................................................... 38
6.2. Freedom of Expression................................................................................................................. 39
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