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Situation analySiS of Children in uganda 2015NATIONAL CAPACITIES ON THE RIGHT TOPROTECTIONLegal frameworkWith the exception of the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption (HCIA), Ugandahas ratified and domesticated all the key international child protection legal instrumentsthrough the enactment of several child protection laws and policies, as well as several policiescontextualising these. They include the National Integrated Early Childhood DevelopmentPolicy 2013 (see Right to Survival section) and the following:NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ALTERNATIVE CARE (2014)The main goals of this framework, which takes into account the UN Guidelines on AlternativeCare, are to reduce the number of children in institutional (orphanage) care; to provideactors at different levels with clear guidelines and placement options for children in need ofalternative care, based on a defined continuum of care principle; and to put in place mechanismsto support existing government structures to carry out their statutory responsibilitiesfor overseeing the care of children in alternative care.NATIONAL STRATEGIC PROGRAMME PLAN FOR ORPHANS ANDOTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN (NSPPI-2)Uganda’s national response to HIV dates back to 2001/02 when the MoGLSD commissioneda study into the situation of orphans in the country. The 2010 evaluation of the first NSPPIrevealed that a number of strategies, guidelines and systems were developed to guidestakeholders in providing comprehensive and high-quality services to orphans and othervulnerable children (OVC) to improve socio-economic security, food and nutrition security,health issues such as treatment for HIV, education, legal protection services for children asa result of the Children Act (previously known as the Children Statute), and the needs ofchildren affected by war. In 2011, a revised document (NSPPI-2) was drafted to address thegaps made evident from the previous evaluation (MoGLSD 2012d). Moreover, the NSPPI-2emphasises economic strengthening of OVC households. According to NSPPI-2, children arecategorised as critically or moderately vulnerable (Box 8).114 aPPENDIx 1
Situation analySiS of Children in uganda 2015BOx 8: criteriA for vulnerAble children AccordinG to nsppi-2Critically vulnerable• Orphans who are living in extremely difficult circumstances and are exposed to risks• Children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS• Children with disabilities living in extremely difficult circumstances who are exposedto risks• Children in worst forms of child labour (e.g. sex workers, bonded labour, illicitactivities, work that stops school attendance, cattle rustling, and other intolerableforms of work)• Children experiencing various forms of abuse and violence (e.g. survivors of sexualviolence, children in abusive homes or institutions)• Street children/abandoned children/neglected children• Children in contact with the law• Children from child-headed households• Children who are engaged in armed conflict as captives or child soldiersModerately vulnerable children• Out-of-school children; teenage mothers• Children in poverty stricken (impoverished) households• Children involved in hazardous work (other than worst forms of child labour)• Children living with elderly persons• Children in hard-to-reach areas• Children in fishing communitiesNATIONAL CAPACITIES ON THE RIGHT TOPARTICIPATIONLegal frameworkUNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD(UNCRC)Article 12 of the UNCRC states that children have the right to participate in decision-makingprocesses that may be relevant in their lives and to influence decisions taken in their regard– within the family, the school or the community. Participation is incorporated in a numberof other articles, along with basic principles such as non-discrimination, honouring the bestinterests of the child and dedication to realising all of the UNCRC provisions. As a signatoryto the UNCRC, Uganda pledged to implement the provisions of the Convention to its fullestby putting in place administrative and institutional measures for the realisation of thesecommitments.aPPENDIx 1115
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