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SOUTH AFRICA: Laws on teenage sex infringe children’s rights, high court finds
15/Jan/2013 News
Summary: The South African High Court has struck down laws criminalising consensual sexual acts between 12 and 16 year...
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CHILD DETENTION: Zimbabwean child migrants held in South African detention centres
15/Jan/2013 News
Summary: As thousands of Zimbabweans are deported from South Africa, hundreds of migrant children awaiting deportation are...
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Life imprisonment of children in the Commonwealth
24/Oct/2012 Publication
Summary: Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States....
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SOUTH AFRICA: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review (Second Cycle)
10/Oct/2012 Publication
Summary: A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal...
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Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
9/Oct/2012 Organisation
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Child migrants illegally imprisoned
20/Sep/2012 News
Summary: Despite South African law prohibiting the detention of children for immigration purposes, according to Lawyers...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
17/Aug/2012 Publication
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Children's rights in the Special Procedures' reports
8/Aug/2012 Publication
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Children in Prison
2/Jul/2012 Publication
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SOUTH AFRICA: Lack of road safety forces children to run the gauntlet
11/Jun/2012 News
Summary: Notorious murder statistics in South Africa are almost matched by its road fatalities – and it's often...
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