The Children’s Rights Project at the Community Law Centre (University of the Western Cape) is proud to announce the signing, launch and implementation of the UNICEF Child Law Reform Support in Africa Project. A project co-operation agreement has been signed between UNICEF and the University of the Western Cape. The task of managing and undertaking the child law reform activities in Southern and Eastern Africa, is the responsibility of the Children’s Rights Project of the Community Law Centre.  The two-year project entails providing technical assistance to selected countries in Southern and Eastern Africa intending to or currently undertaking child law reform processes, developing a guidelines document and framework legislation on what children’s legislation should entail and developing a website where child legislation and documents on best practices for law reform processes from across the region can be accessed.

 To celebrate this momentous and historical achievement, the CRP and the Community Law Centre, will host an official media launch at the University of the Western Cape on Wednesday, 3 March  2010 at 1pm, at the School of Public Health, Room 1C & D, University of the Western Cape.