Children’s Legal Protection Centre (CLPC)

 

Impact

It is believed that all activities carried out by CLPC under the four programmes since 2005 have contributed to the overall improvement in accessing justice to children.

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An ACPF Initiative

ACPF established the Children’s Legal Protection Centre (CLPC)in 2005 as part of its Children and the Law Programme with an overall objective of ensuring justice to all children.

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ACPF re-established the CLPC in 2012, in collaboration with the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia with the aim of strengthening Government’s effort to enhance child justice administration and to create a sustainable child protection structure in the justice system.

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Introducing CLPC

Justice for Children

CLPC: the Engine of CJPO

What do they say : Practitioners
Helen Seifu, CLPC Director, 2005 – 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

CLPCs are a powerful and effective tool for building and sustaining a protective environment for children. Their advocacy is powerful because it has conviction and experience behind it.

Helen Seifu, CLPC Director, 2005 – 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
What do they say: The Judiciary
Dr. Menberetsehai Taddesse, Vice President, Federal Supreme Court Federal Democratic Republic Government of Ethiopia (1996-2010)

Child rights organisations cannot replace the state, but rather, they encourage and assist the state in discharging its obligations towards fulfilling the standards set by international and domestic legal instruments. The CLPC is an excellent example in supporting the government in its efforts to realise child rights in Ethiopia.

Dr. Menberetsehai Taddesse, Vice President, Federal Supreme Court Federal Democratic Republic Government of Ethiopia (1996-2010)
Wzo Selamawit Girmay, Coordinator, Child Justice Project Office (2009-2016) Judge, Federal High Court (2016 to present)

The work of the CLPC is intellectually and emotionally challenging and so staff run the risk of burning out following a certain amount of time, because of long hours of work and being exposed to the raw realities of the children’s lives. The CLPC has been fortunate to have a highly committed team which is the basis of the center’s commendable achievements. It is important that all efforts are geared towards the sustainability of the staff.

Wzo Selamawit Girmay, Coordinator, Child Justice Project Office (2009-2016) Judge, Federal High Court (2016 to present)
Ato Leouleselassie Liben, Judge, Federal First Instance Court Focal Person – Child Justice Project Office

The Children’s Legal Protection Centre plays a critical role in supporting the judiciary to ensure the best possible outcomes for children – through various integrated programmes such as family mediation, legal counseling, court representations, determination of paternity through DNA testing and provision of psychosocial services.

Ato Leouleselassie Liben, Judge, Federal First Instance Court Focal Person – Child Justice Project Office
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