Tag: family law
The Protection of the Child – Part 2
In our issue, Protection of the Child Part I we looked at the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In this issue we will consider the Child Protection Act. The Child Protection Act 2007 in essence harmonizes the provisions of UNCRC with our domestic law and brought under one umbrella several […]
Protection of the Child (Part 1)
As April is recognized in the Bahamas as Child Protection Month, we at Halsbury Chambers thought that we would issue a few Bulletins relevant to the Protection of the Child. Recently the Government observed that child abuse in the Bahamas is on the rise with approximately 1300 cases reported between the years of 2011 and […]
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