The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: A socio-legal perspective, livre ebook

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child is Africa’s pre-eminent document on children’s rights. In this book, Thoko Kaime appropriately locates the Charter at the centre of debates on the promotion and protection of children’s rights. He critically examines the role of law in society as he undertakes a socio-legal examination of the Charter. His analysis of the international mechanisms alongside local cultural processes and observations challenges orthodox views on how best to achieve the realisation of children’s rights within African communities. Raising the cultural legitimacy of children’s rights will require a combination of international, national and local strategies. This book makes the case for such an approach and provides a useful framework for conducting this work.“It is encouraging to see a scholar who appreciates that rights, even children’s rights, cannot take life if confined to documentation, no matter how august, but to be meaningful, must take root in the social life of communities. It is great to see one who grapples with how this may be achieved.”- John Eekelaar, Professor of Law, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.About the editor:Thoko Kaime Thoko Kaime, is Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Law. He also serves as Lecturer in international and environmental law in the School of Law at the University of Leicester.