South Africa's progress in realising children's rights
Subtitle: a law review
By: Paula Proudlock (editor)
Publisher: Children's Institute, University of Cape Town
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780799225044
Subjects: Children; Law and legislation; Legal status, laws; Children's rights; Child welfare
Description: The year 2014 marks 20 years of democracy for South Africa. Children born in 1994, at the start of democracy, are now 20 years old and entering the next phase of their lives as young adults. It is a good moment to take stock of South Africa's progress in realising childrenʹs rights. To realise rights, the state needs to design and implement a range of measures which in clude strategic plans, policies, laws programmes, budgets and services. These measures together make up the state's overall plan for the realisation of childrenʹs rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. Foreword and summary of findings; title: 2. Childrenʹs rights to birth registration: a review of South African law; title: 3. Childrenʹs rights to basic nutrition: a review of South Africaʹs subsidy for ECD programmes; title: 4. Childrenʹs rights to social assistance: a review of South Africaʹs child support grants; title: 5. Rights of children with disabilities to social assistance: a review of South Africaʹs Care Dependency Grant; title: 6. Childrenʹs rights to basic education: a review of South Africaʹs laws and policies; title: 7. Protecting the rights of children in conflict with the law: a review of South Africaʹs Child Justice Act; title: 8. Childrenʹs rights to be protected from violence: a review of South Africaʹs laws and policies; title: 9. Childrenʹs rights to apppropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment: a review of South Africaʹs child and youth care centres.