Primary sources
These include laws, policies, protocols, declarations, conference resolutions, and conventions. Most are available online.
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African Union (1990). African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (2015). The Fourth World Conference on Women.
CEDAW (1992). General Recommendation No. 19: Violence Against Women.
CEDAW (1990). General Recommendation No. 14: Female Circumcision.
Council of Europe (2011). Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention).
County Government of Kajiado (2019). A Policy for the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Unpublished.
Female Circumcision / 4 / 1930. In the file ‘Kikuyu Circumcision Ceremony, Part 1’. CO 533/393/10, GC 30/7. The National Archives, London.
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Kenya Law (2010). The Constitution of Kenya 2010.
Kenya Law. The National Council for Law Reporting (2011). The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act No. 32 of 2011. KLR Revised edition 2012 (Nairobi: The National Council for Law Reporting).
Kenya Law. The National Council for Law Reporting (2022). The Children Act No. 29 of 2022 (Nairobi: The National Council for Law Reporting).
Kenya Law. The National Council for Law Reporting (2021). Kamau v Attorney General & 2 others; Equality Now & 9 others (Interested Parties); Katiba Institute & another (Amicus Curiae) (Constitutional Petition 244 of 2019) [2021] KEHC 450 (KLR) (Constitutional and Human Rights) (17 March 2021) (Judgement) (Nairobi: The National Council for Law Reporting).
Kenya Law. The National Council for Law Reporting (2018). Various Supplementary Affidavits sworn on behalf of respondents in the 2017 Kamau case (cited below).
Kenya Law. The National Council for Law Reporting (2017). Constitutional Petition No. 8 of 2017. Tatu Kamau v Attorney General & 14 others [2018] eKLR (Nairobi: The National Council for Law Reporting).
Kenya Law. The National Council for Law Reporting (2015). The Protection Against Domestic Violence Act No. 2 of 2015 (Nairobi: The National Council for Law Reporting).
Kenya Law. The National Council for Law Reporting (2014). The Penal Code Act (Nairobi: The National Council for Law Reporting).
The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (2003). Afro-Arab Expert Consultation. Legal Tools for the Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation. Cairo Declaration for the Elimination of FGM.
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