Summary: This report compiles all mentions of children's rights in the Concluding Observations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.Last examined: 21 November- 5 December 2005
The report was presented by the Minister of Justice and...
Summary: This report compiles all mentions of children's rights in the Concluding Observations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.Last Examined: 21 November - 05 December 2005
The Report was presented by the Minister of Justice...
Summary: A school stampede, sparked by pupils fleeing from a teacher who was wielding a stick, has claimed the life of an uMlazi pupil.
[5 June 2013, Durban] -
The Grade 9 pupil from Velabahleke High School died of his injuries in...
Summary: Vingt-trois sud-africains sont morts lors de circoncisions traditionnelles dans le nord-est du pays. Les garçons étaient âgés de 13 à 21 ans. [Le 17 mai 2013] - Vingt-trois garçons sud-africains sont morts cette semaine lors de...
Summary: The publication documents the extent and nature of violence, including corporal punishment and cyber-bullying, experienced by secondary school learners in South Africa. Based on a sample of 6299 learners and educators, the study follows-on...
[16 May 2013] - More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause of death.
Northern Mpumalanga province's police...
Summary: A South African cardinal who helped elect Pope Francis this week has told the BBC that paedophilia is an illness and not a crime. [16 March 2013] -
Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, the Catholic Archbishop of Durban, told BBC Radio 5...
Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, expressed Friday her shock and deep sadness at the atrocious rape, mutilation and murder of Anene Booysen, a 17-year-old South African woman, and urged a more comprehensive approach to...
Summary: A 32 page review for South Africa, and with insights from other countries, of the right of children to early childhood education and schooling when hospitalised.
Contents:
Extent of provision
Challenges to be overcome;
What...
Summary: The Department of Correctional Services has admitted that conditions in which children are held are still poor, despite a significant drop in their number.[12 January 2012] - Following a damning report by the Civil Society Prison Reform...
