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May 9, 2025 Statement

Submission to the Working Group on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

May 6, 2025 Background Briefing

Towards 2040: Defining an African Human Rights Framework on the Right to Education of Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers

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April 8, 2025 Statement

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