Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995
Rights of children.
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(1) Subject to laws enacted in their best interests, children shall have
the right to know and be cared for by their parents or those entitled by law to
bring them up.
(2) A child is entitled to basic education which shall be the
responsibility of the State and the parents of the child.
(3) No child shall be deprived by any person of medical treatment,
education or any other social or economic benefit by reason of religious or
other beliefs.
(4) Children are entitled to be protected from social or economic
exploitation and shall not be employed in or required to perform work that is
likely to be hazardous or to interfere with their education or to be harmful to
their health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.
(5) For the purposes of clause (4) of this article, children shall be
persons under the age of sixteen years.
(6) A child offender who is kept in lawful custody or detention shall
be kept separately from adult offenders.
(7) The law shall accord special protection to orphans and other
vulnerable children.
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