A foreskin too far? Religious, medical or customary circumcision and the Children's Act 38 of 2005 in the context of HIV/AIDS
| dc.contributor.author | Sloth-Nielsen, Julia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-30T20:52:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-30T20:52:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article analyses the legal framework surrounding male circumcision (infant and youth) in South Africa, having explained the requirements of international human rights law. Provincial legislation regulating traditional circumcision is detailed, followed by an explanation and analysis of the relevant provisions of the Children's Act 38 of 2005 and its accompanying Regulations. Thereafter the recently changed context, as evidenced by the current campaign for mass male circumcision as a means of preventing HIV/AIDS, is considered. The implications for the narrow circumstances in which circumcision is legalised by the Children's Act are then explored, and further potential results - in the longer term - for traditional circumcision practices are predicted. | en_US |
| dc.description.accreditation | Department of HE and Training approved list | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sloth-Nielsen, J. (2012). A foreskin too far? Religious, medical or customary circumcision and the Children's Act 38 of 2005 in the context of HIV/AIDS. Law, Democracy & Development, (16): 69-88 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2077-4907 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/783 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights | © 2012 Sloth-Nielsen; licensee University of the Western Cape. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
| dc.subject | Children's rights | en_US |
| dc.subject | Circumcision | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | en_US |
| dc.title | A foreskin too far? Religious, medical or customary circumcision and the Children's Act 38 of 2005 in the context of HIV/AIDS | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |