What happened to the Child Justice Bill? The process of law reform relating to child offenders

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dc.contributor.authorGallinetti, Jacqui
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-15T18:54:30Z
dc.date.available2016-05-15T18:54:30Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractChildren who are accused of crimes in South Africa are governed by the same legislation as adults. The urgent need to develop a separate child justice system culminated in the release of the draft Child Justice Bill in 2000 by the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC). A product of thorough research and consultation, the revised Bill was introduced to parliament in August 2002. The changes made after public hearings and debates in parliament in 2003 saw the whittling away of the overall child rights nature of the Bill. To add insult to injury, the legislation has, since that year, not been debated again before the portfolio committee and the legislature has provided no explanation for this state of affairs.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHETen_US
dc.identifier.citationGallinetti, J. (2006). What happened to the Child Justice Bill? The process of law reform relating to child offenders. South African Crime Quarterly, (17): 7 - 12en_US
dc.identifier.issn2413-3108
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2204
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherInstitute for Security Studies (ISS)en_US
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2006/v0i17a990
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectChild Justice Billen_US
dc.subjectCriminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977en_US
dc.subjectUnited Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)en_US
dc.subjectChild offendersen_US
dc.titleWhat happened to the Child Justice Bill? The process of law reform relating to child offendersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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