Browsing Research Articles (Faculty of Law) by Author "Wakefield, Lorenzo"
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The CRC in South Africa 15 years on: does the new Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 comply with international children’s rights instruments?
Wakefield, Lorenzo (Queens University, Belfast School of Law, 2011)Article 40 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child1 requires states parties to take appropriate measures to ensure that children accused of committing offences are treated in a manner that would ensure ... -
Dawn of a new decade? The 16th and 17th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Wakefield, Lorenzo; Assim, Usang Maria (Juta, 2011)The 16th and 17th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child took place at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in November 2010 and March 2011, ... -
Does the differential criterion for vesting parental rights and responsibilities of unmarried parents violate international law? A legislative and social study of three African countries
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Wakefield, Lorenzo; Murungi, Nkatha L. (Cambridge University Press, 2011)The right to non-discrimination for all children is established in international human rights law. International children's rights law further provides for the common responsibility of parents for the maintenance of their ... -
Domesticating international standards of education for children with intellectual disabilities: a case study of Kenya and South Africa
Wakefield, Lorenzo; Murungi, Nkatha L. (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 ... -
Going the extra mile: police training on domestic violence
Combrinck, Helene; Wakefield, Lorenzo (Institute for Security Studies, 2010)As anticipated by the drafters of the Domestic Violence Act (DVA), the South African Police Service holds the key to the successful implementation of the Act. Over the past ten years, researchers and independent bodies ... -
Is the Act working for children? The first year implementation of the Child Justice Act
Wakefield, Lorenzo (Institute for Security Studies, 2011)The Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 mandates the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development to report annually on the implementation of the Child Justice Act to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and ... -
Is the Act working for children? The first year of implementation of the Child Justice Act
Wakefield, Lorenzo (Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2011)The Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 mandates the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development to report annually on the implementation of the Child Justice Act to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and ...