Summary: A report on the work of monitoring committees that are part of the national monitoring process for Child Justice in South Africa. The document has been completed as the product of debate and information shared by these committees during...
Summary: Amnesty International commended the commitment shown by those African states that have ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the African Children's Charter). Amnesty International commended the commitment...
Fourteen new countries will be elected to the UN’s human rights scrutinising body next week, with France, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation set to get a seat.
Based in Geneva, the Human Rights Council’s (HRC) role is...
Summary: At least 28% of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive compared with 4% of boys because "sugar daddies" are exploiting them, according to the Health ministry. [14 March 2013] -
The Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, said...
Summary: Information about institutions in South Africa that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudspersons
The South African Human Rights Commission (http://www.sahrc.org.za/home/index.php?ipkContentID=8&ipkMenuID=25) was established...
Summary: General overview of South Africa's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.National laws on children's rights
Status of the CRC in national law
For an international treaty,...
Summary: The Constitutional Court on Thursday declared sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law Act, which criminalised consensual sex between children, unconstitutional, thereby upholding a previous ruling to the same effect by the High Court of...
South Africa
Title:
Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability v. Government of the Republic of South Africa & Government of the Province of Western Cape
Court:
High Court of South Africa (Western Cape High Court, Cape Town)
Date...
[14 August 2013] -
Spanking as a form of discipline is once again under the microscope.
The government says the practice could lead to child abuse and is looking at ways to outlaw it - something that has received mixed reaction.
The...
Summary: Corporal punishment by parents would be deemed a form of assault. [30 July 2013] - If the Children’s Rights Project has its way, it will soon be illegal to spank your child in South Africa. The non-govermental organisation, which...
