Three acts involving children’s rights simplified

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster (fourth, left) displays the child-friendly versions of the acts with RCC Chairperson Aleema Nasir (third, left), UNICEF representative Marianne Flach (second, left), and members of the RCC.

The child-friendly versions of three Acts were yesterday handed over to Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster and will serve to inform children on the laws which protect them.

The three acts are The Adoption of Children Act, The Custody, Contact, Guardianship, and Maintenance Act, and The Status of Children Act and have been produced by the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) and the Child Rights Division, Childcare and Protection Agency, and the Ministry of Labour,