COVID-19 and its Implication on Children’s Rights and Welfare: Guiding Note to Member States of the African Union

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

In this Guiding Note, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), an Organ of the African Union established to monitor protection of children’s rights on the Continent, expresses its grave concern on the ongoing global outbreak of COVID-19 virus and its devastating impacts on the overall rights and welfare of children in Africa. The ACERWC also strongly recommends Members States of the African Union integrate the following child protection measures in their responses to the global pandemic of COVID-19.

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