Madagascar - Child Law Resources


Constituion of Madagascar, 2010
Constitution of Madagascar, 2007 *
Law on Child Protection, 1962 *
Law on Child Protection, 2007 *
Law on Education, 2004 *
Law on Persons with Disability, 1998 *
Law on Adoption, 2005 *
Decree Regulating the Host Family, 2006 *
Law Relating to Marriage and Matrimony, 2008 *
Law on Birth Registration, 2008 *
Decree Relating to Child Labour , 2007 *
Labour Law, 2003 *
Minors Code, 1999*
Minors Code (Amendment), 2005 *
Penal Code Amendment on the Crime of Trafficking, 2008 *
Penal Code, 1972 *
Law Establishing the Human Rights Council, 2008 *
Law Against Torture and Other Inhuman and Degrading Treatment, 2008 *
Law on National Youth Policy, 2004 *
Ordinance on the General Principles of National Service, 1978 *
Civil Code, 1962 *
Data Protection Act, 2015
Law for Establishing National Human Rights Institution, 2014
Measure and Procedure Applicable to Children in Conflict with the Law, 2016


Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper, 2007
Employment Policy, 2006
National Policy of Community Health, 2009
National Program for Decent Working Condition, 2010-2013
National Program on Early Childhood Education, 2006
National Plan of Action on Gender Development, 2004-2008
National Strategic Plan to Control HIV/AIDS, 2007-2012National Nutrition Policy, 2004
National Nutrition Policy, 2004
National Health Policy, 2010-2020

State Party Reports
Initial state party report on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 2014

Concluding Recommendations
Concluding Observation to the Combined Third and Fourth State Party Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2013

State Party Reports
Initial	20 Jul 1993
Second	12 Feb 2001
Third and Fourth	17 Aprl 2009
Initial State Party Report on the Optional Protocol on Child Sale, Pornography and Prostitution,	2012
Initial State Party Report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict,	2014

Concluding Observations
For Initial Report	14 Oct 1994
For Second Report	27 Oct 2003
Concluding Observation to the Initial State Party Report on the Optional Protocol on Child Sale, Pornography and Prostitution	2015
Concluding Observation on Initial State Party Report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict	2015