The Children and the Law Programme at ACPF conducts comprehensive research and produces publications on the harmonisation of laws on children in Africa. The studies aim to identify the legal and policy framework of all African countries and provide succinct summaries on the progress made, the gaps remaining and the prospects in aligning laws and policies on children with international and regional standards in the respective countries.

Below are researches that summarise the status of the laws and policies of all the 54 African countries in relation to 25 key thematic areas that relate to children's rights. These summaries provide clear information on the existing legal protection of children's rights in light of international and regional standards.

Definition of the Child in Africa
The Age of Majority
Minimum Age of Marriage
Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
Minimum Age of Employment
Minimum Age of Recruitment to the Army
Minimum Age of Sexual Consent
Protection from Substance Abuse/Minimum Age for the Sale of Alcohol
Constitutional Provisions on children
Prohibition of Child Marriage
Prohibition of FGM
Prohibition of Corporal Punishment
Prohibition of Sexual Exploitation of Children
Prohibition of Economic Exploitation of Children
Prohibition of Child Trafficking, Sale and Abduction
Comprehensive child Acts
The Right to Birth Registration
Alternative Care for Children
The Right to Social Protection
The Right to Education
Responsibilities of the Child/ Positive Traditional Practices
Independent Human Rights Institutions
Sharia Law in Africa
Comprehensive Child Law in Africa
Child Justice in Africa
The right to education (free/compulsory/inclusive)