Regions in Unguja and another in Chakechake which determine all cases from all regions in Pemba. In
addition, the Zanzibar Director of Public Prosecution Manual has been reviewed to include issues of children
and manners on how to handle cases of children victims and witnesses.
(e) Domestication of the International Treaties Relating to Children’s Rights
17. The State Party has undertaken the following measures to realize the rights and welfare of
the child enshrined in the Charter, the children’s laws of the State Party and/or in any other
international convention or agreement in force in that State:
17.1 In January 2012 the State Party submitted its 3rd, 4th and 5th Consolidated Reports to the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CROC), which exhibits the commitments and initiatives of the
State Party in fulfilling its international obligations to ensure the realization of children’s rights and
welfare in its jurisdiction.
17.2 The State Party has also adopted the Proposed Constitution in October 2014 which
incorporates special provisions on child rights in Article 53. This follows the enactment of the Law of the
Child Act in 200929 applicable in the Mainland and the Children’s Act30 in 2011in Zanzibar has been
another progress. These instruments strive, inter alia, to domesticate and ensure effective
implementation of the rights and welfare of the child in light of the Charter.
17.3 The State Party has continued to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child and
Day of the African Child, which has been decentralized to the regional and district levels to enable many
people, particularly children, to effectively and actively participate in the celebrations. Children have
been active participants in these commemorations.
17.4 The State Party has also ratified the International Convention on Persons with Disability
(2009), subsequent to which it has enacted the Persons with Disabilities Act (2010)31.
17.5 In addition, the State Party has signed a Declaration on Ending Early Marriage April, 2015;
and adopted the AU Agenda 2063 aiming at, inter alia, empowering Girls and Women.
17.6 Additionally, the State Party has continue to cooperate with various national and
international stakeholders for purposes of promoting and fulfilling the obligations arising from the
International Child Rights Instruments including the Charter and the CRC, and all the Optional Protocols
thereto since the United Republic of Tanzania is a signatory and a party to all of them.
(f) Promotion of Positive Values and Traditions
18. The State Party has undertaken the following measures Measures taken to promote positive
cultural values and traditions and to discourage those that are inconsistent with the rights, duties and
obligations contained in the Charter:
18.1 In order to regulate the impact of the operations and activities of business enterprises on the
rights of the child in the Mainland, the State Party has adopted the Law of the Child Act and its
Regulations, which facilitate the enforcement of the Law of the Child Act (2009) on protecting children.
18.2 The State Party has conducted National Survey on Violence against Children (VAC) in
2009, to determine magnitude causes and types of Violence against children. The study revealed sexual,
emotional and physical violence were the major types of child abuse. From that study the State Party has
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Act No. 21/2009.
Act No. 6/2011.
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Act No. 9 of 2010.
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