THE ADMINISTRATION OF RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE STREET CONNECTED CHILDREN: ANALYSIS OF THE LAWS AND PRACTICE IN TANZANIA
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Street Connected Children, rights, welfare, administration, laws of the childAbstract
The problem of the street connected children is one of the challenges which faces the development, implementation and enforcement of the rights and welfare of the child in Tanzania and in the world at large. The world has already noticed this problem and thus making this problem as one which need to be addressed in order to have a sustainable next generation in the world as it is believed that the children are the next generation. The international community has already addressed this problem since the reign of the League of Nations and up to the time of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and after that different piece of international instruments has been adopted which addressed the problem of street connected children. Tanzania has ratified different international instruments, conventions, declaration and protocols which protects, implement, enforce, realize and declare the rights and welfare of the children in the international community. In reflecting the international instruments in the Tanzanian jurisdiction, different laws have been enacted to govern and protect the rights and welfare of the children in Tanzania. Thus this study examines the laws and practice which governs and protects the rights and welfare of the children in Tanzania, the Law of the Child Act is the main Act which protects the rights of the child. But regardless of the laws enacted there are challenges and ineffectiveness of the law and the challenges facing the children in street situations. And then the study will provide the recommendations on what has to be done in order to have the effective administration of the rights and welfare of the children in Tanzania.
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