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The Convention
on the Rights
of the Child –
CRC (1989)
The Convention
on the
Elimination of
All Forms of
Discrimination
against
Women –
CEDAW (1979)
The African
Charter on the
Rights and
Welfare of the
Child (1990)
International
Convention on
the Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities
(2006)
Protocol to the
African Charter
on Human and
Peoples’ Rights
on the Rights
of Women in
Africa (1995)
Explicit references – International and regional HR treaties
Art 24 - States Parties recognize the right of children to the
enjoyment of the highest standard of health possible and to
have access to medical services and rehabilitation services.
They must strive to ensure that no child is deprived of his or
her right of access to these services…
(2) The States Parties shall pursue full implementation of this
above right and, in particular, take appropriate measures to:
(…) (c) To combat disease and malnutrition including within
the framework of primary health care, through inter alia the
application of readily available technology and through the
provision of adequate nutritious foods and clean drinking
water, taking into consideration the dangers and risks of environmental
pollution […]
Art 14 - “States Parties take all appropriate measures to eliminate
discrimination against women in rural areas so as to
ensure, respecting equality between men and women, their
participation in rural development and its advantages and, in
particular, it assures them the right: to benefit from adequate
living conditions, in particular regarding housing, sanitation,
the supply of water and electricity, transport and communications.”
Art. 14: Health and Health Services
1. Every child shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable
state of physical, mental and spiritual health.
2. States Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to
pursue the full implementation of this right and in particular
shall take measures:
(c) to ensure the provision of adequate nutrition and safe drinking
water;
Art 28 - 2. States Parties recognize the right of persons with
disabilities to social protection and to the enjoyment of that
right without discrimination on the basis of disability, and shall
take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote the realization
of this right, including measures:
a) To ensure equal access by persons with disabilities to
clean water services, and to ensure access to appropriate
and affordable services, devices and other assistance for disability-related
needs (…)
Art 15 – Right to food security
a) provide women with access to clean drinking water, sources
of domestic fuel, land, and the means of producing nutritious
food;
b) establish adequate systems of supply and storage to ensure
food security.
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Committee
on the Rights
of the Child -
CRC
Committee on
the Elimination
of All Forms of
Discrimination
against
Women –
CEDAW
African
Committee
of Experts on
the Rights and
Welfare of the
Child
Committee on
the Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities
African
Commission
on Human’s
and People
Rights