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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, ...
Domesticating international standards of education for children with intellectual disabilities: a case study of Kenya and South Africa
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2011)
International law approaches the right to education
for children with disabilities in a rather generic way. This means that the
rights of children with intellectual disabilities have to be gleaned from the
general ...
Court support workers speak out: Upholding children's rights in the criminal justice system
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2014)
The prevalence of sexual offences against children in South Africa continues to be among the highest in the
world. The quality and accuracy of a child's testimony is often pivotal to whether cases are prosecuted, and
whether ...
Deprivation of children's liberty 'as last resort' and 'for the shortest period of time': how far have we come? And can we do better?
(Juta Law, 2013)
Commencing with a brief historical overview of detention of children in South Africa, and legislative attempts to curb its use, this article reviews all forms of deprivation of liberty under the Child Justice Act 75 of ...
Child poverty and children’s rights of access to food and basic nutrition in South Africa : A contextual, jurisprudential and policy analysis
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The rights to food and basic nutrition have been implemented rather
unsystematically in South Africa through a hodgepodge of policies
and indirectly by legislation. In view of the dearth of jurisprudence, this paper ...