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According to Elizabeth Quaye, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) officer-in-charge in Juba: "The South Sudan Child of Act of 2008 is a good example of how South Sudan has made efforts to domesticate the [Convention of the rights of the Child] CRC even though there are still some challenges in the implementation of their national legislation. To cement these efforts and to ensure greater investment, the Republic of South Sudan needs to demonstrate to the rest of the world its commitment to its children by ratifying the CRC.”
In South Sudan child marriage (under the age of 18) remains prevalent. One of the rights afforded to children under the convention is the Right to Protection from Marriage.
- Wednesday 1 May 2013
April 30, 2013 (JUBA) - Kajo Keji County commissioner, Ben Yengi, is reported to have ignored an order from the Central Equatoria government and gone ahead with his marriage to a school girl who is reported to be under the legal age. (...)
- Wednesday 28 November 2012
November 28, 2012 (YEI) - The Commissioner of Yei County in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State, Juma David Augustine, said on Tuesday that his administration will "not relent" in fighting all forms of violence against women and (...)
- Wednesday 21 November 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
November 20, 2012 (KAMPALA) - South Sudan parliamentarians’ commemorated the 23rd Convention of the Rights of Children (CRC) by holding a debate and art show on the subject on Tuesday. Refugee children wait for (...)
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