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LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES, GAPS, AND PROSPECTS

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal
This study examines the legal and policy frameworks for the protection of vulnerable children in Nigeria, assessing the extent to which national and international instruments safeguard their rights and welfare.
ADEDEJI DANIEL GBADEBO
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on child mortality and vaccination rates: a synthetic control analysis

open access: yesBMC International Health and Human Rights, 2019
Background Scholars have long been sceptical about the effectiveness of human rights treaties in changing the behaviour of states parties and prior empirical research has often justified that scepticism.
Gary W. Reinbold
doaj   +1 more source

Improving String Matching through Enhanced Hashing

open access: yesSoftware: Practice and Experience, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Hashing offers opportunities to tune string matching algorithms while enabling efficient data retrieval and pattern detection. Many of the best algorithms apply hashing. Objective We try to develop faster online algorithms for exact string matching.
Francesco Pio Marino, Jorma Tarhio
wiley   +1 more source

The Domestication of the United Nations, Convention on the Rights of the Child in South Africa

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Political Science
The domestication of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in South Africa presents a critical constitutional commitment towards protecting the rights of children.
Raymond Chirowamhangu, Ruth Nyamadzawo
doaj   +1 more source

EVALUATING THE APPLICATION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AT THE MANGAUNG ONE-STOP CHILD JUSTICE CENTRE

open access: yesSocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2010
The South African criminal justice system is largely punitive, retributive and adversarial innature; this was also true for the child justice systems, until the acknowledgement andadvancement of children’s rights.
Roelf Reyneke, Mariëtte Reyneke
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental and design‐oriented research on fiber reinforced concrete segmental tunnel linings: A systematic review

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The use of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) in precast tunnel segments is among the most established and representative applications of this material. Over the past two decades, numerous tunnel linings were constructed with partial or total substitution of conventional steel reinforcement by fibers, this yielding to quantifiable benefits in ...
Vladimir Rusanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Column: Black women health - Breastfeeding: Empowering Black Women

open access: yesOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2007
Breastfeeding is related to women’s reproduction and health. All women have the right to breastfeed as enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Isabel CF da Cruz
doaj  

From International Mandate to National Legislation: Pakistan’s Response to Erga Omnes Obligations on Child Sexual Abuse

open access: yesJournal of Legal Studies
This article critically assesses Pakistan’s compliance with erga omnes obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) concerning sexual abuse of children.
Ali Muhammad Imran
doaj   +1 more source

A Child's Right to Identity in the Context of Embryo Donation: Part 1

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
This article investigates the extent to which the South African Legislature and the international community recognise the right to identity of a child born through embryo donation.
Nicole Bouah, Carmel Jacobs
doaj   +1 more source

From Estimation to Discrimination: Algorithmic Bias, Predictive Uncertainty, and Anti‐Discrimination Law

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Machine learning (ML) systems, increasingly deployed in high‐stakes decision‐making, inherently produce uncertain outputs that can lead to unlawful discrimination. This article provides the first legal analysis of how predictive uncertainty in ML systems interacts with UK anti‐discrimination law under the Equality Act 2010.
Holli Sargeant
wiley   +1 more source

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