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Browsing Research Articles (Centre for Child Law) by UP Author "Skelton, Ann, 1961-"
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Institute for Security Studies, 2013)
This case note considers the automatic review of child offenders’ cases. Adult offenders’ cases go on
‘review in the ordinary course’ in limited circumstances, but section 85 of the Child Justice Act aims to
provide ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Temple University School of Law, 2016)
The good news of Roper v. Simmons1 reached South Africa immediately after the decision was handed down in 2005. Child justice advocates in South Africa read the judgment with great interest and saw the judicial nod of ...
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Kangaude, Godfrey Dalitso; Bhana, Deevia; Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2020)
It is an undeniable fact that children in Africa face many
challenges in their sexual health and development trajectories. One
of the challenges that children face is ideological, that is, the social
construction of ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Sage, 2024-04)
No abstract available.
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Kangaude, Godfrey Dalitso; Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Sage, 2018-10)
Age of consent criminal laws imposed on African states during colonialism were inherently patriarchal and gender-stereotypic,
and continue to influence country approaches toward adolescent consensual sexual conduct. There ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Juta Law, 2009)
This article charts the development of a child law jurisprudence that is emerging in Eastern and Southern Africa. The article records how judgments are beginning to make reference to the United Nations Convention on the ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(The Verloren van Themaat Centre for Public Law Studies, UNISA, 2010)
This article explores the restorative justice jurisprudence of Justice Albie Sachs. The judgments highlighted are Dikoko v Mokhatla, the Port Elizabeth Municipality v Various Occupiers and S v M (Centre for Child Law as ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(CRIMSA, 2009)
Children do not commit the most crimes. The available official statistics reveal the reality that they make up a small number of the offenders committing serious, violent crimes. The number of children in prison, whilst ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Juta Law, 2010)
This article explores girls' socio-economic rights fulfilment in South Africa. After setting out the international law context, the article turns to the lived reality of girls in this country through an examination of their ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(The Verloren van Themmat Centre for Public Law Studies, UNISA, 2012)
Na abstract available.
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-; Courtenay, Morgan
(2012)
South Africa’s criminal justice system has traditionally provided
protection for the rights of three categories of persons, namely
perpetrators, victims and witnesses – both adults and children. In
recent years, however, ...
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Heller, Olivia; Duperrex, Olivier; Jaffé, Philip D.; Goldhagen, Jeffrey; Abidha, Carol A.; Skelton, Ann, 1961-; Otani, Mikiko; Heller, Yvon; Vassalli, Jean-Dominique; Beran, David
(Elsevier, 2024-07)
2024 marks the centenary of the League of Nations' Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The Geneva Declaration highlighted the health needs of children and proclaimed the duty of governments to respond to these needs.
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Elsevier, 2014-11)
In 2013 there are still thousands of children in South Africa attending dilapidated mud schools, schools
lacking sanitation, and schools without electricity. The situation took a positive turn in 2009 when the
government ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Juta Law, 2013)
The minimum age of criminal capacity in South Africa used to be seven years of age, one of the lowest in the world. The Child Justice Act raised that age from seven to 10 years, and retained the rebuttable presumption of ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-; Batley, M.
(CRIMSA, 2008)
Restorative justice is a well understood concept. Internationally, its theory and practice have been substantially documented, and it has withstood critical analysis. There has been a movement amongst even those that would ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2013)
Hierdie artikel ontleed onlangse regspraak aangaande die reg op basiese onderwys. Die "vier A-skema", wat deur 'n voormalige spesiale rapporteur op onderwys van die Verenigde Nasies voorgestel is en deur die Komitee op ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Juta Law, 2015)
In an early judgment of the Constitutional Court, S v Williams, Justice Langa
found that judicial whippings were unconstitutional because they violated
young offenders’ rights to dignity and humane treatment. Former ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-; Nsibirwa, Martin
(Institute for Security Studies, 2017)
In recent years, schools have borne the brunt of protesters’ frustrations with the lack of access
to services in South Africa. A 2016 investigative hearing by the South African Human Rights
Commission (SAHRC) explored ...
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Sage, 2019-03)
No abstract available.
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Skelton, Ann, 1961-
(Sage, 2018-08)
No abstract available.