Browsing Research Articles (Faculty of Law) by Author "Sloth-Nielsen, Julia"
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Race, class and restorative justice: achilles heel, glass ceiling or crowning glory
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Gallinetti, Jacqui; Redpath, Jean (Juta Law, 2004)This article reports on a research project aimed at assessing the impact of race and class disparity in restorative justice processes in South Africa. It was conducted against the backdrop of the inclusion of family group ... -
Realising children's rights to legal representation and to be heard in judicial proceedings: an update
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (Juta Law, 2008)South Africa still has some way to go towards ensuring that children's rights to legal representation and to be heard are fully implemented in relation to judicial proceedings affecting them. Nonetheless, some emerging ... -
Recent developments Mudzuru & Another v The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & 2 Others: A review
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Hove, K. (Pretoria University Law Press, 2015)This article reviews the recent judgment of the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe in Mudzuru & Another v The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs & 2 Others, which has been hailed with acclaim worldwide. ... -
Regional frameworks for safeguarding children: The role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (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 ... -
Relocation decisions: do culture, language and religion matter in the rainbow nation?
Albertus, Latiefa; Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (Centre for Family Law and Practice, London Metropolitan University, 2010)This article turns to culture, language and religion as constitutional constructs in South Africa, in an attempt to clarify their importance generally. The position prior to the Children’s Act is discussed. The article ... -
Seen and heard: new frontiers in child participation in family law proceedings in South Africa
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (Nelson R Mandela School of Law, University of Fort Hare, 2009)This article examines the principle of child participation in a legal context, focusing first on the international and constitutional law framework, and thereafter on the principle as it has permeated the South African ... -
A short history of time: charting the contribution of social development service delivery to enhance child justice 1996-2006
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (University of Stellenbosch, 2007)By charting the contribution of social development service delivery to enhance child justice in South Africa from 1996 to 2006, this article argues that the contribution of the social development sector to child justice ... -
South Africa, the arts and youth in conflict with the law
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Woodward, Sheila C.; Mathiti, Vuyisile (Intellect, 2007)This paper describes the DIME (Diversion into Music Education) youth intervention program that originated in South Africa in 2001. DIME offers instruction in African marimba and djembe bands to juvenile offenders. Conceived ... -
Surrogacy, South African style
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (International Bar Association Legal Practice Division, 2013)This article reviews the Act’s provisions concerning surrogacy and raises some questions for consideration. -
Surveying the research landscape to promote children's legal rights in an African context
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Mezmur, Benyam Dawit (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 ... -
Too little? Too late? The implications of the Grootboom case for state responses to child-headed households
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia (University of the Western Cape, 2003)The article begins with an overview of the socio-economic context surrounding child-headed households and then discusses the constitutional obligations that rest on the state vis-a-vis children growing up in these settings. ... -
Unaccompanied and separated foreign children in the care system in the Western Cape – a socio-legal study
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Ackermann, Marilize (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2016)This article reports on the findings of a study of foreign children accommodated in the care system in the Western Cape, based on fieldwork conducted in child and youth care centres. The objectives of the study were ... -
Win some, lose some: the 10th ordinary session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Mezmur, Benyam Dawit (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 ...