Perspectives on the Legal Guardianship of Children in Côte dIvoire, South Africa and Uganda

This brief presents a broad overview of the approaches which are taken by three African countries--Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa and Uganda--on the legal guardianship of children who are deprived of parents or families. These three countries exemplify three extremely different legal systems, while also having taken steps to domesticate and apply the provisions of international instruments on the rights of children through the enactment of national laws. This brief seeks to analyze the different approaches which are taken by the countries in relation to their application of the existing international human rights standards. It is divided into five parts that take the reader through a discussion of the background that underpins understanding the legal guardianship of children in Africa, moving onto a discussion of the regulation of legal guardianship of children under international law and the approaches employed frameworks like the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It includes a comparative component that examines existing frameworks in different countries, and concludes with recommendations for the future in terms of changes to law and policy. The primary audience for this brief includes academics, researchers, and students in the fields of children’s rights, human rights, legal guardianship, and international law, as well as NGOs that focus on children’s rights, social workers and practitioners operating within the context of these three countries, professionals working within the African human rights system, and governments vis-à-vis law and policy makers.

• ISBN: 978-3-319-76558-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés