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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAME WORK

  • Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Sustainable Development Goal
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol
  • The international Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on Minimum Ages of Admission of Employment (1973).
  • Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979).
  • The Optional Protocol on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (2000).
  • The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
  • The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC).
  • The East African Community (EAC) Child Policy (2016).
  • The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN) (1989) ratified by Uganda in 1990 and enacted in 1996 in a law for children, the children Statute, now Children Act (Cap 59).
  • The ILO Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour 182 (1999).
  • The Geneva Convention on Adoption (1993).
  • The UN Convention for the Suppression of the Trafficking in persons and of the Exploitation of Prostitution of others (1949) and the Palermo Protocol (2000).
  • The Optional Protocol Prohibiting the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Pornography (2000).
  • The African Youth Charter (2006).

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES

  • The United Nations (UN) Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules) 1985.
  • The UN Guidelines for Alternative Care of Children 2010.
  • The United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (Havana rules), 1990.
  • The United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines).
  • The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (1990).

NATIONAL LAWS

The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995) is the overriding national legal framework for ensuring that the rights of children and the general population are protected. The Children (Amendment) Act, 2016 provides the overarching legal framework, articulating constitutional provisions on children and emphasizing the rights, protection, duties and responsibilities as contained in the UNCRC and the ACRWC.

  • The Divorce Act, Cap 249 (1904)
  • The Succession Act, Cap 162 (1906).
  • The Criminal Procedure Code Act, Cap 116 (1950).
  • The Witchcraft Act (1957).
  • The Births and Deaths Registration Act, Cap 309 (1973).
  • The Customary Marriage Act (1973).
  • The Employment Act (2006).
  • The Local Governments Act (Cap.243).
  • The Land Act (1998).
  • The Uganda People’s Defense Forces Act (2005).
  • The Police Act (2006), As Amended.
  • The Local Council Court Act (2006).
  • The Penal Code (Amendment) Act (2007).
  • The Education Act (2008).
  • The Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act (2009).
  • The Domestic Violence Act (2010).
  • The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act (2010).
  • The Computer Misuse Act (2011).
  • The Children (Approved Homes) Rules (2013).
  • The Anti-Pornography Act (2014).
  • The Registration of Persons Act (2015).
  • The Children Act (2016), As Amended.
  • The Immunization Act (2016).
  • The Persons with Disabilities Act (2006).
  • The Prisons Act (2006).