Malawi - Child Law Resources


Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill, 2014
Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, 1994
Child Care, Protection and Justice Act, 2010
Children and Young Person Act, 2001
Adoption of Children Act, 1949
Malawi Citizenship Act, 1966
An Act to Establish a Code of Criminal Law, 1930
Divorce Act, 1905
African Marriage (Christian Rites) Registration Act, 1923
Asiatics (Marriage, Divorce and Succession) Act, 1929
Affiliation Act, 1946
Marriage Act, 1903
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1904
Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code, 1968
Dangerous Drugs Act, 1956
Liquor Act, 1979
Defence Force Act, 2004
Handicapped Persons Act, 1972
Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, 2006
Education Act, 1962
Employment Act, 2000
Labour Relations Act, 1996
Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act, 1997
Ombdusman Act, 1996
Human Rights Commission Act, 1998
Legal Aid Act, 1964
Public Health Act, 1948
Refugee Act, 1989
National Family Welfare Council Act, 1991
Access to Information Act, 2016
Trafficking in Persons Act, 2015


National HIV/AIDS Policy, 2003
National HIV/AIDS Action Framework, 2005-2009
National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development, 2009-2014
National Policy on Early Childhood Development, 2003
National HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy, 2009-2013
National HIV/AIDS Work Place Policy, 2010
Education for All National Action Plan, 2004
National Education Sector Plan, 2008-2017
Education Sector Implemantion Plan, 2009-2013
Education Sector Policy and Investment Framework, 2001
National Plan of Action for the National Gender Programme, 2005-2008
Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II, 2011-2016
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, 2002
The National Long Term Development Perspective, 1998
National Youth Policy,Year Not Known
National Policy on Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities,Year Not Known
National Youth Policy, 2013
National HIV Prevention Strategy 2015-2020, 2015
National Action Plan to Combat Gender Based Violence, 2014

State Party Reports
Initial Report on ACRWC	2014

Concluding Recommendations
No Concluding Recommendations Available

State Party Reports
Initial	1 Aug 2000
Second	17 Oct 2007
Third to fifth periodic reports	7 January 2015
Initial Report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict	7 January 2015

Concluding Observations
For Initial Report	2 Apr 2002
For Second Report	30 Jan 2009