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Southern African perspectives on banning corporal punishment – a comparison of Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Brill Nijhoff, 2019)
This chapter reviews recent judicial and legislative developments concerning
steps towards – and against – the abolition of corporal punishment in four
closely connected southern African jurisdictions: South Africa, ...
Assessing the impact: Mandatory and minimum sentences in South Africa
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2005)
The legislation passed in 1997 that provides for mandatory minimum sentences for serious crimes was
recently extended for another two years. At the time, the aim was to reduce serious and violent crime,
achieve consistency ...
Modern African childhoods: does Law matter?
(Oxford University Press, 2012)
INTRODUCTION: This paper poses a question often aimed at lawyers, especially when they straddle a culturally diverse and contested terrain of human experience, such as the role of children and families in society: does law ...
Regional frameworks for safeguarding children: The role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
(MDPI, 2014)
This article discusses the safeguarding movement in the context of child
protection. After providing it’s key principles and precepts, the relevant provisions of the
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ...