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These DRAFT Regulations on the Care and Protection of Children of the Children’s Act of Zanzibar offer a definition of a child in need of protection and outline the general duties of the Department of Social Welfare in regards to providing that protection. The Regulations include procedures for: receiving a child protection referral, acting following a risk assessment, holding a child protection conference with the child and relatives, responding to the needs of children without parental care, applying for a care or supervision order, and more. They also outline…
This Act was established by the Government of Zanzibar to "provide for the rights and best interests of the child; to provide for the establishment of children's courts; to consolidate and expand on provisions relating to the care and protection of vulnerable children and children in conflict with the law; to provide for parentage, custody, guardianship, access to, maintenance, foster care and adoption of children; to provide for special protection measures in respect of children; to provide consent to medical intervention in respect of children; to provide for approved schools, residential…