Abstract:
This special focus on the rights of children under the African Charter
on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (African Children’s Charter) is
the second instalment of dedicated articles to mark 30 years since
the adoption of the African Children’s Charter in 1990. Along with
articles published in the first edition of the Special Focus in the second
issue of the African Human Rights Law Journal in 2020, the articles in
this issue highlight the pertinent contributions of the Charter to key
child rights developments and shaping of the child rights discourse
in the African region.