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General treaties on children´s rights came into view only after the carnage and atrocities of the 1930s and 1940s. Over the past decades, however fitful, measurable progress has been made in an effort to create an international rules-based system to protect human rights. The Ethiopian government has also shown interest in this endeavor by adopting different policies and convention on the rights of children. Despite some notable progresses, yet, child fundamental rights have remained a major challenge in Ethiopia and SNNP region. Legislative/policies introduced over the past years have not made significant difference to the lives of the children. Failure of the government to demonstrate its commitment and sensitivity to the concerns of children, gaps and limitations in the information sharing, drafting and implementation of pro-children´s legislatives/policy frameworks and the new civil society law have recognized as major factors for the problems facing children in the region.

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Mr. Mebratu Dugda is lecturer of Public Policy in Dilla University at the School of Business, Economics and Public Administration in Ethiopia. Mr. Mebratu´s primary research interest area is state and non-state partnership with particular focuses on the child´s protection policies, public sector administration and governance.

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