Investigating the minimum age of criminal responsibility in African legal systems

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dc.contributor.advisorSloth-Nielsen, Julia
dc.contributor.authorRamages, Kelly-Anne
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Law
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-06T09:49:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-06T12:59:00Z
dc.date.available2009/11/30 08:43
dc.date.available2009/11/30
dc.date.available2013-12-06T09:49:19Z
dc.date.available2024-11-06T12:59:00Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionMagister Legum - LLMen_US
dc.description.abstractThe following thesis investigates the MACR in African Legal Systems. The MACR is the youngest age at which children in conflict with the law find themselves caught up in the harsh realities of the criminal justice system. Up until recently, debates around fixing a MACR had been successfully side-stepped since the adoption of the UNCRC in 1989. The UNCRC has provided for human rights for children on a global scale while the ACRWC provides for such rights regionally. Contracting States Parties to these treaties agree that there needs to be a MACR in place and have adopted a childrens rights-based framework for reviewing their current child laws, policies and practices in accordance with the minimum standards provided. They do not however, agree on what the fixed minimum age should be.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/18540
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectInternational lawen_US
dc.subjectJuvenile justiceen_US
dc.subjectChildren in conflict with the lawen_US
dc.subjectChild-centered criminal justice systemen_US
dc.subjectHuman rights for childrenen_US
dc.subjectRights-based approachen_US
dc.subjectMinimum ageen_US
dc.subjectUpper ageen_US
dc.subjectCriminal responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectCriminal capacityen_US
dc.subjectDoli incapax ruleen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the minimum age of criminal responsibility in African legal systemsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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