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1 online resource (270 pages) |
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Comparative African Legal Studies |
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Comparative African legal studies
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Kinship Care in Law, Policy and Practice; 1.3 Kinship Care in an African Context; 1.4 Method and Approach; 1.5 Scope and Limitations; 1.6 Structure; 1.7 Glossary/Definition of Terms; 2 Kinship Care of Children in Africa: The Underlying Context; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Kinship Systems and the Extended Family in Africa: Historical Perspectives; 2.2.1 Marriage and Children: The Basis of African Kinship Systems and Family Environment |
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2.2.2 Kinship Responsibilities for the Care of the Child in Traditional African Societies2.2.3 Kinship and the Responsibilities of the Child; 2.3 The Family in International Law; 2.3.1 The 'Right to a Family': Definitional Issues; 2.3.2 Existing and Changing Family Forms and Functions; 2.3.3 Contemporary Issues Affecting the Family: Focus on Africa; 2.4 Kinship Care and Children's Familial Rights: The Relationship between Family and States Parties' Obligations; 2.4.1 The Right to Preservation of Identity: Name, Nationality and Knowledge of and Care by the Child's Parents |
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2.4.2 Parental Direction and Guidance2.4.3 Parental Responsibility; 2.4.4 The Rights to Social Security and an Adequate Standard of Living; 2.4.4.1 The Relationship between Children's Rights to Social Security and an Adequate Standard of Living; 2.4.4.2 Children's Rights to Social Security and an Adequate Standard of Living under the ACRWC; 2.4.4.3 Social Security and Adequate Standard of Living: States Parties' Obligations; 2.5 Conclusions; 3 The International and African Regional Legal Framework for the Right to Alternative Care; 3.1 Introduction |
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3.2 Before the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Children's Charter3.2.1 The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1924); 3.2.2 The Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1959); 3.2.3 The Declaration on Social and Legal Principles Relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally (1986); 3.2.4 The Declaration on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child (1979); 3.3 The Convention on the Rights of the Child; 3.4 The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child |
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3.5 General Principles of the CRC and the African Children's Charter and the Right to Alternative Care3.5.1 Non-Discrimination; 3.5.2 The Best Interests of the Child; 3.5.3 Life, Survival and Development; 3.5.4 The Right of the Child to Be Heard (Child Participation); 3.6 The Right to Alternative Care: Analysis of Articles 20 of the CRC and 25 of the ACRWC; 3.6.1 Family Environment; 3.6.2 Children Deprived of a Family Environment; 3.6.3 Special Protection and Assistance; 3.6.4 The Best Interests of the Child and Continuity in Upbringing; 3.6.5 Alternative Care; 3.6.5.1 Foster Care |
| Summary |
The Comparative African Legal Studies series aims to profile research in the fields of children, youth, families, gender, disability, education, and socio-economic rights. It focuses on contemporary issues in African development, with human rights as a backdrop. In an era in which growing numbers of children face orphanhood, this volume could not be more relevant. It explores the legal and human rights dimensions of kinship care, the preferred alternative to parental care in the African context. With increasing debates and controversies around child care forms, such as foster care and the ever |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kinship care -- Law and legislation -- Africa
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Orphans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa
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HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
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Orphans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789462741782 |
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9462741786 |
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