The Children Act Amendment 2016

Highlights

The amended Children’s Act establishes new protective legislation regarding the guardianship of children, inter-country adoption, and corporal punishment, among other issues.

The old Act, Cap. 59, focused on the basic needs of the child, leaving gaps in the legal protection of all child rights according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) and other international Conventions that protect child rights.

Author(s)

National Council for Children, Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children and Private Sector Foundation Uganda

Publication date

April 2016

Languages

English