General Introduction: Benin ratified on 17 April 1997, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). In accordance with Article 43 of the ACRWC " Every State Party to the present Charter shall undertake to submit to the Committee through the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity, reports on the measures they have adopted which give effect to the provisions of this Charter and on the progress made in the enjoyment of these rights" The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child is an African Union mechanism responsible for the application and monitoring of these rights. Since this ratification in April 1997, Benin has taken legislative, regulatory or other measures and developed programs to give effect to the provisions of the instrument. This report contains detailed information on the implementation of the Charter as well as the factors and difficulties that hinder compliance and covers the period from 1997 to 2015. Report drafting methodology: The drafting of this report followed an inclusive and participatory process of national consultation where state structures, civil society actors and especially children, contributed to the collection of information. This process was supported by UNICEF. The information and data compiled in this report have been produced by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with other governmental and non-governmental structures within the Monitoring Committee for the Application of International Instruments on Human Rights. This process took place in four phases:  The development of a collection protocol validated by a steering committee set up for this purpose;  the collection of data;  the writing of the preliminary draft report:  the validation of the final report; The collection operations led to the organization of four sectoral workshops, bringing together resource persons of the ministries and technical directorates, as well as civil society organizations according to the following lines of intervention:  Justice and Security;  Education and Health;  Social protection;  Communication, Work and Tourism. These sector workshops have enriched the initial collection. A preliminary draft report was written and submitted for validation to the National Committee for the Application and Monitoring of International Instruments relating to Human Rights.