vilt
Hotds that the Respondent State has violated Article 2 (2) of the
Maputo Protocol, Articles 1(3) and 21 of the African Charter on
the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and Article 5 (a) of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women on the elimination of traditional and cultural
practices harmful to the rights of women and children;
IX
Holds consequently that the Respondent State has violated
Article 2 of the Maputo Protocol, Articles 3 and 4 of the African
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and Article 16
(1) of
the
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women on the right to non-discrimination
for women and children;
x
Orders the Respondent State
to amend the impugned
law,
harmonise its laws with the international instruments, and take
appropriate measures
to bring an end to the violations
established;
xt.
Declares that the finding
of the violations
above-mentioned
constitutes in itself a form of reparation for the Applicants;
xlt.
Requesfs the Respondent State to comply with its obligations
under Article 25 of the Charter with respect
to
information,
teaching, education and sensitisation of the populations.
xiii.
Orders the Respondent State to submit to it a report on the
measures taken in respect of paragraphs x and xii within a
reasonable period which, in any case, should not be more than
two (2) years from the date of this Judgment;
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