Kenya: African Children's Rights Committee Publishes First Ever Decision

Kenya: African Children's Rights Committee Publishes First Ever Decision   The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child has published its first ever decision on a communication. In the decision, issued on 22 March 2011, on communication 002/2009 IHRDA and OSJI (on behalf of children of Nubian descent in Kenya) v Kenya, the Committee finds Kenya in violation of the rights of Nubian children to non-discrimination, nationality and protection against statelessness.   The...

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