The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) recall its Joint Press Statement issued on 14 September 2023, in which it expressed deep concern on the current regressive Parliamentary debate advocating for the repeal of laws that prohibit Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia.

Expression of Concern by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child over the Ongoing Debate on Female Genital Mutilation in The Gambia

Banjul and Maseru, 14 September 2023

The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child has just concluded its follow-up mission in the Republic of Sierra Leone

The ACERWC concluded its advocacy mission in South Sudan for the ratification of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. The mission was held from April 12 to 14, 2023.

Workshop on the implementation of decisions and recommendations of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC/Committee) with NHRIs and CSOs, 23-24 February, Nairobi, Kenya

The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Committee) organized a Workshop on the Implementation of Decisions and Recommendations with NHRIs and CSOs on 23-24 February, in Nairobi Kenya.

Press Conference

Overview of the Situation of Children's Rights in Africa and activities of the ACERWC

11:00-12:00 | Briefing Room 3

17th Feb 2023

The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
has just released its Decision on the merits of Communication No: 0012/Com/001/2019

Press Statement on the occasion of the 33rd Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union

The African Commission and the ACERWC call on the AU Assembly to mobilize greater effort for silencing the guns based on human and peoples’ rights in Africa and to declare 2021 a year for collective action for addressing the threat of climate
crisis in Africa to human and peoples’ rights.