Domestication of International Conventions: A Comparative Study of Kenya and Sweden in their Domestication of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Abstract
This study focuses on domestication of international conventions as a way of making
international instruments applicable at the national level. The study answers questions on how
states domesticate international conventions, domestication processes in Kenya and Sweden and
how both countries domesticated the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC). The objectives of the study are to describe the processes of domesticating
international conventions and assess the domestication processes in Kenya and Sweden and in
particular how the two states domesticated the UNCRC. The findings of the study are intended
to give more understanding on the two approaches of domestication; dualism and monism.
Domestication brings the whole process of treaty negotiation and conclusion to a successful end
because it would be a waste of time and effort for states to come up with international
conventions which states do not implement. Domestication makes international conventions
applicable at the domestic level thus making it possible to implement them for the benefit of
citizens.
Citation
A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Arts Degree in International Studies at the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies at the University of NairobiPublisher
University of Nairobi Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies