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Open letter of ACERWC Chairperson to President of Senegal – case of children begging on streets

By July 26, 2016March 18th, 2021No Comments

26 July 2016

Following the decision of H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, to stop the use of children as beggars in the streets of Senegal, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) has commended this major step in combatting children’s rights abuse. Read the Open Letter from the Chairperson of the ACERWC to the President of the Republic of Senegal in the following link Open_Letter_to_the_President_of_the_Republic_of_Senegal English