Browsing PER: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal by Subject "Children's rights"
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Impact of the Boko Haram insurgency on the child's right to education in Nigeria
(2016)This paper is focused on the impact of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria on the child's right to education. The article concludes by assessing how the Nigerian government has lived up to its obligations under international ... -
Le Roux v Dey and children's rights approaches to judging
(PER, 2018)The South African jurisprudence on the rights of children is vibrant and generally progressive, and is supported by an enabling constitutional and statutory framework. The majority decision in Le Roux v Dey 2011 3 SA 274 ... -
Procurement adjudication and the rights of children: Freedom Stationary (PTY) LTD v MEC for Education, Eastern Cape 2011 JOL 26927 (E)
(2012)Children are heavily reliant on the services provided by the government and irregularities in public procurement processes are bound to affect the realisation of children's rights. In the Freedom Stationery (Pty) Ltd v ... -
Realising the child's best interests: lessons from the Child Justice Act to Improve the South African Schools Act
(2016)Although the contexts of school discipline and child justice differ considerably there are a number of contact points and points that overlap. Since the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 came into operation in 1996, the ... -
What about the child? Preventing the publication of children's name after the age of 18
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Children are afforded a number of different protections when they encounter the criminal justice system. The need for special protection stems from the vulnerable position they occupy in society. When children form part ...