Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen
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Position: | Professor |
Department: | Public Law and Jurisprudence |
Faculty: | Faculty of Law |
Qualifications: | BA - University of Stellenbosch, 1979 |
LLB – University of Stellenbosch, 1981 | |
LLM in Criminology – University of Cape Town, 1987 | |
LLD - University of the Western Cape, 2001 | |
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More about me: | here, here and here |
Tel: | 021 959 9466 |
Email: | jsloth-nielsen@uwc.ac.za |
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Item An ice-breaker: state party reports and the 11th Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: recent developments(Juta Law, 2008) Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Mezmur, Benyam DawitDuring its 11th session, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child held its first Pre-Session for the consideration of state party reports. This update highlights the work of the Committee during this session. While little attention is paid to the proceedings of the 11th session, partly as a result of the fact that the session was short-lived (only three days, composed of open and closed sessions), the procedures for the Pre-Session, as well as the substance of the four reports that were discussed during the Pre-Session, occupy centre stage. In conclusion, it is argued that the whole exercise of the Pre-Session was an ice-breaker, and represents progress in its own right. In looking forward, the importance for the African Children's Committee to draw the necessary lessons from the four state party reports and to chart ways of strengthening the reporting regime is underscored. A number of tentative recommendations are made in this regard.Item Like running on a treadmill? The 14th and 15th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child(Juta Law, 2010) Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Mezmur, Benyam DawitThe 14th and 15th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child were held in November 2009 and March 2010 respectively. The Committee has considered more reports and issued its first concluding observations. The continued engagement of the Civil Society Organisations Forum with the African Children's Committee offers an example of positive progress towards supporting the implementation of the African Children's Charter. The development of a relatively well thought-out strategic plan for the African Children's Committee's work for the period 2010 to 2014 (with a better level of participation from stakeholders) also offers an advance in the work of the Committee. Despite these, there remains some room for improvement in order to allow the African Committee to achieve its mandate of the promotion and protection of children's rights in Africa.Item Modern African childhoods: does Law matter?(Oxford University Press, 2012) Sloth-Nielsen, JuliaINTRODUCTION: This paper poses a question often aimed at lawyers, especially when they straddle a culturally diverse and contested terrain of human experience, such as the role of children and families in society: does law matter? The question is all the more pertinent in African contexts, due to the pervasive poverty, prevalence of practices harmful to children, and perceived inability of weak states to put legislative intentions into effect.Item Out of the starting blocks : the 12th and 13th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child(Juta Law, 2009) Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Mezmur, Benyam DawitThe 12th and 13th meetings of the African Children's Committee were held in November 2008 and April 2009 respectively. With the African Children's Charter entering its 10th year since entry into force, the real work of the African Committee is now beginning. With the consideration of the first country reports to the African Committee, the benefits of a regionally-specific child rights treaty has begun to become apparent. The recent establishment of a formal grouping of civil society organisations and individuals dedicated to furthering the regional influence of the African Children's Charter (first mooted in 2004!) comes at an opportune time. Despite some of the recurring shortcomings in the work of the Committee, it is hoped that the development of a strategic plan for the Committee's work for the period 2010 to 2014 will lay some of these concerns to rest.Item Regional frameworks for safeguarding children: The role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child(MDPI, 2014) Sloth-Nielsen, JuliaThis article discusses the safeguarding movement in the context of child protection. After providing it’s key principles and precepts, the relevant provisions of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child which link to safeguarding are stipulated, as well as a brief description given of the mandate of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Some aspects of the practical working methods of the Committee are thereafter considered. With reference to the Committee’s interface with non-governmental organisations, some proposals concerning the Committee and the safeguarding movement are put forward.Item Win some, lose some: the 10th ordinary session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child(Juta Law, 2008) Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Mezmur, Benyam DawitThe African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the monitoring body of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, held its 10th ordinary session in October 2007. This discussion highlights the inertia of the Committee, exemplified by its failure to examine any of the state reports submitted to it. Some cause for optimism may be derived from the appointment of a permanent Secretary to the Committee.