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The domestication of international standards on the rights of the child: A critical and comparative evaluation of the Kenyan example

The domestication of international standards on the rights of the child: A critical and... The domestication of international standards on the rights of the child: A critical and comparative evaluation of the Kenyan example GODFREY ODHIAMBO ODONGO Community Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa 1. Introduction Kenya ratified the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (“the Convention” or the CRC) on the 31 July 1990. 1 As the country marked its 11th year since the ratification of the Convention and one year after its ratification of the regional African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (“the African Children’s Charter”), 2 the Kenyan Parliament enacted the new Children’s Act of 2001 (“the Act”). 3 In this contribution, we trace the back- ground to the process of enacting the Act followed by an analysis of the significant developments in the Act gauged against the international law regime on children’s rights in light of the CRC and the African Children’s Charter. 2. The historical background to the Act The process leading to the enactment of the Kenyan Children’s Act can be described to have been a very laborious one dating back to 1988–1991 (Sloth- Nielsen and Van Heerden, 1997; Kabeberi-Macharia, 1996). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Children's Rights Brill

The domestication of international standards on the rights of the child: A critical and comparative evaluation of the Kenyan example

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Brill
Copyright
© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-5568
eISSN
1571-8182
DOI
10.1163/1571818043603571
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Abstract

The domestication of international standards on the rights of the child: A critical and comparative evaluation of the Kenyan example GODFREY ODHIAMBO ODONGO Community Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa 1. Introduction Kenya ratified the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (“the Convention” or the CRC) on the 31 July 1990. 1 As the country marked its 11th year since the ratification of the Convention and one year after its ratification of the regional African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (“the African Children’s Charter”), 2 the Kenyan Parliament enacted the new Children’s Act of 2001 (“the Act”). 3 In this contribution, we trace the back- ground to the process of enacting the Act followed by an analysis of the significant developments in the Act gauged against the international law regime on children’s rights in light of the CRC and the African Children’s Charter. 2. The historical background to the Act The process leading to the enactment of the Kenyan Children’s Act can be described to have been a very laborious one dating back to 1988–1991 (Sloth- Nielsen and Van Heerden, 1997; Kabeberi-Macharia, 1996).

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The International Journal of Children's RightsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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