Deadline: 30-Jun-2025
The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria is accepting abstracts on the Domestic Implementation and Impact of Decisions of The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
Scope and Themes
- The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria plans to host a two-day conference on 30 September – 01 October 2025, to deliberate on the state of implementation of the decisions of African Children’s Committee and to consider pathways for improved domestic implementation of decisions.
- To inform the deliberations at the conference, the Centre is calling on researchers to submit abstracts (and ultimately papers) for presentation at the conference. Researchers may submit abstracts in the following thematic areas:
- A systematic analysis of implementation of decisions in any specific country/multiple countries/sub-region.
- Case study on implementation of specific decisions of the African Children’s Committee.
- Focus on success and challenges in the implementation and monitoring of decisions on specific articles of the African Children’s Charter.
- Mapping and analysing the role and contribution of specific actors in implementing and monitoring the implementation of decisions, such as the legislature, judiciary, executive, NHRIs, academia and CSOs at the national level, or relevant institutions at the sub-regional and regional levels.
- Case studies of successful implementation or monitoring with the potential for transferability and scale-up.
- Comparative studies on the implementation of the decisions of comparable bodies.
Submission of Abstracts
- Interested participants are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 500 words by 30 June 2025. The abstract should highlight the key findings, innovations, unique insights, and the prospective recommendations of the proposed paper.
- Authors whose papers are accepted will be facilitated to attend the conference in accordance with University of Pretoria travel policies.
For more information, visit Centre for Human Rights.