• Children's rights to access to justice and remedy : recent developments 

  Skelton, Ann, 1961- (Sage, 2024-04)

  No abstract available.
• Turning the rights lens inwards' : the case for child rights-consistent strategic litigation practice 

  Nolan, Aoife; Skelton, Ann, 1961- (Oxford University Press, 2022-12)

  The last three decades have seen an explosion of academic, advocacy and policy-maker interest in both the theory and the practice of children’s rights. There is a growing global body of strategic litigation focused on the ...
• Giant leaps or baby steps? A preliminary review of the development of children’s rights jurisprudence in Zimbabwe 

  Magaya, Isabel E.K.; Fambasayi, Rongedzayi (Pretoria University Law Press, 2021)

  This contribution provides an overview of children’s rights adjudication in Zimbabwe with a specific focus on emerging jurisprudence under the 2013 Constitution. After a summary of Zimbabwe’s performance in implementing ...
• Age of consent : a case for harmonizing laws and policies to advance, promote and protect adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health rights 

  Tallarico, Renata; Ozah, Ronaldah Lerato Karabo; Orievulu, Kingsley S. (Women's Health and Action Research Centre, 2021-04)

  The article assesses the legal and policy frameworks that have an impact on adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health rights (ASRHR) in East and Southern Africa (ESA), confirming the interconnectedness of the ages of ...
• Childhood sexuality in Africa : a child rights perspective 

  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 ...
• Children and Medical Decision Making 

  Bezuidenhout, Stefanie (University of Pretoria, 2020-10-30)

  The Constitutional Court judgments of Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Another 2014 (1) SACR 327 (CC) and Centre for Child Law and Others v Media ...
• Critical reflection of the application of 'reasonable chastisement' in South Africa : a case analysis of Freedom of Religion South Africa v Minister of Justice and Constitutional development 

  Phasha, Comfort Raisibe (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  In Christian Education South Africa v Minister of Education, the Constitutional Court upheld the law that prohibited the use of corporal punishment in schools. The decision was primarily premised on protecting children ...
• Too much of a good thing? Best interests of the child in South African jurisprudence 

  Skelton, Ann, 1961- (Pretoria University Law Press, 2019)

  The South African Constitutional Court is often lauded for its application of best interests in its judgments. This article acknowledges the positive aspects of the Court’s approach, especially in the earlier cases, but ...
• Foreword: “Imagining children constitutionally : 20 years of strategic litigation and advocacy” 

  Ozah, Ronaldah Lerato Karabo (Pretoria University Law Press, 2019)

  In December 2018, the Centre for Child Law hosted a conference under the theme “Imagining children constitutionally: 20 years of strategic litigation and advocacy”.
• The law as a tool to guarantee the inclusive education of the Nigerian child 

  Onuora-Oguno, Azubike; Onuora-Oguno, Blessing (Educor Holdings, 2018-12)

  Educating a child with special needs or disability in Nigeria continues to raise concerns of a lack of quality. While education is provided for in the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, it is seen as more of an obligation than ...
• (De)criminalizing adolescent sex : a rights-based assessment of age of consent laws in Eastern and Southern Africa 

  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 ...
• Separation of children from parents in situations of migrancy : avoidable trauma 

  Skelton, Ann, 1961- (Sage, 2019-03)

  No abstract available.
• Separation of children from parents in situations of migrancy : avoidable trauma 

  Skelton, Ann, 1961- (Sage, 2018-08)

  No abstract available.
• Schools on fire : criminal justice responses to protests that impede the right to basic education 

  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 ...
• Balancing autonomy and protection in children's rights : a South African account 

  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 ...
• S v SN unreported, case no. 141114/14 (WCC) : sentencing child offenders after they turn 18 

  Du Toit, Carina; Hansungule, Zita (Institute for Security Studies, 2015-12)

  This case note reflects on the approach that should be adopted by sentencing courts when imposing sentences on child offenders who turn 18 during proceedings. The Western Cape High Court recently considered the application ...
• S v Williams : a springboard for further debate about corporal punishment 

  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 ...
• Victims’ mitigating views in sentencing decisions : a comparative analysis 

  Van der Merwe, Annette; Skelton, Ann, 1961- (Oxford University Press, 2015-02)

  This article explores the arguments for and against victims‟ mitigating opinions on sentence. It describes a recent South African appeal case, compares it with a similar New Zealand appeal court judgment, and then ...
• Protecting child offenders' rights : testing the constitutionality of the national register for sex offenders 

  Hansungule, Zita (University of Pretoria, Institute for Strategic Studies, 2014-12)

  The Constitutional Court recently declared the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2007 (Act 32 of 2007) unconstitutional in its requirement that the names of child offenders be automatically ...
• Leveraging funds for school infrastructure : the South African 'mud schools' case study 

  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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