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Islamic kafalah as an alternative care option for children deprived of a family environment
(Juta Law, 2014)
The inclusion of kafalah of Islamic law in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first time an exclusively Islamic concept is recognised in a binding international instrument. The drafting of CRC ...
Out of the starting blocks : the 12th and 13th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
(Juta Law, 2009)
The 12th and 13th meetings of the African Children's Committee were held in November 2008 and April 2009 respectively. With the African Children's Charter entering its 10th year since entry into force, the real work of the ...
Win some, lose some: the 10th ordinary session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
(Juta Law, 2008)
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the monitoring body of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, held its 10th ordinary session in October 2007. This discussion ...
Cluster foster care: a panacea for the care of children in the era of HIV/Aids or an MCQ?
(Stellenbosch University (SUNJournals), 2010)
The ravages wrought by HIV/AIDS on child-care arrangements in the African context are well
documented (Richter & Sherr, 2009; Sloth-Nielsen & Mezmur, 2008; Tsegaye, 2007; sources
cited there). Notably, these constitute ...
Surveying the research landscape to promote children's legal rights in an African context
(Juta Law, 2007)
This article represents an initial attempt to identify research themes and topics of special relevance to the furtherance of children's rights in the African context in order to sharpen and strengthen our capacity to promote ...
Like running on a treadmill? The 14th and 15th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
(Juta Law, 2010)
The 14th and 15th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child were held in November 2009 and March 2010 respectively. The Committee has considered more reports and issued its first ...
Of newborns and nubiles: some critical challenges to children's rights in Africa in the era of HIV/AIDS
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2005)
The international legal framework within which HIV/Aids issues
should be addressed
Both the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) and the regional
charter for the protection and promotion of children's rights, ...
A foreskin too far? Religious, medical or customary circumcision and the Children's Act 38 of 2005 in the context of HIV/AIDS
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This article analyses the legal framework surrounding male circumcision (infant and youth) in South Africa, having explained the requirements of international human rights law. Provincial legislation regulating traditional ...
Thirty years of the CRC in Africa
(Routledge, 2021)
This chapter reviews 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Africa. It notes that there has been significant upgrading and modernisation of child law throughout the continent, notably in child protection ...
The African children’s charter at 30: What implications for child and family law?
(Intersentia, 2021)
This chapter examines the progress made and the difficulties encountered in the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (hereinafter the Charter) in the areas of children's rights and ...