This conference aims to promote the three new pieces of legislation on Child Law recently promulgated in South Africa, namely, the Sexual Offences Act; the Children's Act and the Child Justice Act. These Acts introduce a paradigm shift towards greater recognition of the rights of the child and give substance to the principles of the 'best interests of the child' and 'child participation'. The conference will bring together implementers of the legislation from the various government departments; NGOs; the legal fraternity and legal academics as we begin to grapple with the challenges that present themselves in giving effect to the legislation.
In keeping with going green to save the planet for our children we are pleased to announce that the Child Law Conference 2009 in KZN will be an eco-friendly green Conference. We have done away with cumbersome conference satchels and voluminous folders of conference papers. All registered delegates will instead be given online access to Conference papers and materials one week ahead of the Conference and up to one month after the Conference on our Conference website. As a record of the Conference, delegates will also receive a CD-Rom of conference papers.
Orders that the Children's Court can make.