Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3936760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Sloth-Nielsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Sloth-Nielsen |
| SIGNATURE | SLOTH-NIELSEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Family Matters
John Eekelaar, FBA, is a 'giant of family law', whose unrivalled contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and research has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice. His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law, and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years has produced, are celebrated in this collection of essay…
Towards Comprehensive Guidance for States in the African Region to respond to Children’s Rights in Emergencies, Disasters and Pandemics
The covid -19 pandemic spread has it impacted health systems, economies and communities across the African continent. It has also exacerbated risks already faced by children: limiting access to education, reducing protection from sexual and gender-based violence, harmful traditional and cultural practices including child, early or forced marriage ( cefm ), female genital-mutilation ( fgm ); and further limiting access to reproductive services and…
Sideswipes and Backhanders
This article reviews the abolition of the defence of reasonable chastisement by the South African Constitutional Court on the grounds that it infringes the Constitution. After detailing the history of the abolition of corporal punishment in a democracy with the Constitution as supreme law, the article dissects the reasoning of the Constitutional Court. It argues that judgment in Freedom of Religion South Africa v Minister of Justice and Constitut…
KOS v Minister of Home Affairs and its relevance to the law of marriage in South Africa
This article reviews the applications of three transgender persons to have their new identificatory details recorded in the relevant population registry, and to have suitably adjusted identity documents issued in consequence.However, the law of marriage seemed to stand in their way.Related issues have been raised in foreign courts, which are discussed in the second part of this article.It is argued that, although the decision in KOS v Minister of…
Regional Frameworks for Safeguarding Children
This 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 Commi…
A maturing manifesto
This article represents the next in a series of five-year overviews of children’s rights in the courts in South Africa. Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Welfare of Children as a point of departure, the study suggests that it is in the public sphere that children’s rights have had their most impact in the period under review. The article highlights eight areas of distinction in this five-year period: t…
Does the Differential Criterion for Vesting Parental Rights and Responsibilities of Unmarried Parents Violate International Law? A Legislative and Social Study of Three African Countries
The right to non-discrimination for all children is established in international human rights law. International children's rights law further provides for the common responsibility of parents for the maintenance of their children. African customary law and common law have always made a distinction between children born in and out of wedlock so far as the duty to maintain them is concerned. The resilience of this customary and common law approach…
A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Exploring the Domestication of the CRC in South African Jurisprudence (2002-2006)
South Africa commenced transition to a constitutional democracy with the adoption \nof an interim constitution in 1994, followed by national elections based, for \nthe fi rst time, on universal adult suffrage. A justiciable Bill of Rights, containing \nsome rights accorded to children, was at the core of our new society based on \nvalues of dignity, equality and respect for the freedom and security of the person, \nin sharp contrast to the violen…
South Africa, the arts and youth in conflict with the law
This article describes the Diversion into Music Education (DIME) youth intervention programme that originated in South Africa in 2001. DIME offers instruction in African marimba and djembe ensemble performance to juvenile offenders. Conceived as community collaboration among organizations in the cities of Cape Town, South Africa and Tampa, United States of America (including the University of the Western Cape and the University of South Florida),…
Of Newborns and Nubiles
The contribution of children's rights to the reconstruction of society
323 The contribution of children's rights to the reconstruction of society: Some implications of the constitutionalisation of children's rights in South Africa* JULIA SLOTH-NIELSEN** 1. Introduction "Laws, national and international, are after all, words on paper. They may codify attitudes, but the real results depend on how they are implemented, what is done to follow up and to reach the ideals".' I South Africa included a fairly extensive claus…
Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(1995). Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Some Implications for South African Law. South African Journal on Human Rights: Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 401-420
Cases and Comments
The Death Penalty in the Cape Provincial Division
This article presents the data that we collected in four tables. These are explained in the first section below. The second part of the article \nexamines three issues that emerge from the data. First, we note the disparity in the use of the death penalty by individual judges and argue that, in part at least, this must be attributed to the personal disposition of judges. Then we examine the figures relating to appeal procedures and conclude that …
Cases and Comments
Cases and Comments
A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Exploring the Domestication of the CRC in South African Jurisprudence (2002-2006)
South Africa commenced transition to a constitutional democracy with the adoption \nof an interim constitution in 1994, followed by national elections based, for \nthe fi rst time, on universal adult suffrage. A justiciable Bill of Rights, containing \nsome rights accorded to children, was at the core of our new society based on \nvalues of dignity, equality and respect for the freedom and security of the person, \nin sharp contrast to the violen…
Of Newborns and Nubiles
The contribution of children's rights to the reconstruction of society
323 The contribution of children's rights to the reconstruction of society: Some implications of the constitutionalisation of children's rights in South Africa* JULIA SLOTH-NIELSEN** 1. Introduction "Laws, national and international, are after all, words on paper. They may codify attitudes, but the real results depend on how they are implemented, what is done to follow up and to reach the ideals".' I South Africa included a fairly extensive claus…
Towards Comprehensive Guidance for States in the African Region to respond to Children’s Rights in Emergencies, Disasters and Pandemics
The covid -19 pandemic spread has it impacted health systems, economies and communities across the African continent. It has also exacerbated risks already faced by children: limiting access to education, reducing protection from sexual and gender-based violence, harmful traditional and cultural practices including child, early or forced marriage ( cefm ), female genital-mutilation ( fgm ); and further limiting access to reproductive services and…
Regional Frameworks for Safeguarding Children
This 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 Commi…
A maturing manifesto
This article represents the next in a series of five-year overviews of children’s rights in the courts in South Africa. Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Welfare of Children as a point of departure, the study suggests that it is in the public sphere that children’s rights have had their most impact in the period under review. The article highlights eight areas of distinction in this five-year period: t…
Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(1995). Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Some Implications for South African Law. South African Journal on Human Rights: Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 401-420
Cases and Comments
Cases and Comments
Cases and Comments
The Death Penalty in the Cape Provincial Division
This article presents the data that we collected in four tables. These are explained in the first section below. The second part of the article \nexamines three issues that emerge from the data. First, we note the disparity in the use of the death penalty by individual judges and argue that, in part at least, this must be attributed to the personal disposition of judges. Then we examine the figures relating to appeal procedures and conclude that …
Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(1995). Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Some Implications for South African Law. South African Journal on Human Rights: Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 401-420
The contribution of children's rights to the reconstruction of society
323 The contribution of children's rights to the reconstruction of society: Some implications of the constitutionalisation of children's rights in South Africa* JULIA SLOTH-NIELSEN** 1. Introduction "Laws, national and international, are after all, words on paper. They may codify attitudes, but the real results depend on how they are implemented, what is done to follow up and to reach the ideals".' I South Africa included a fairly extensive claus…
Of Newborns and Nubiles
South Africa, the arts and youth in conflict with the law
This article describes the Diversion into Music Education (DIME) youth intervention programme that originated in South Africa in 2001. DIME offers instruction in African marimba and djembe ensemble performance to juvenile offenders. Conceived as community collaboration among organizations in the cities of Cape Town, South Africa and Tampa, United States of America (including the University of the Western Cape and the University of South Florida),…
A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Exploring the Domestication of the CRC in South African Jurisprudence (2002-2006)
South Africa commenced transition to a constitutional democracy with the adoption \nof an interim constitution in 1994, followed by national elections based, for \nthe fi rst time, on universal adult suffrage. A justiciable Bill of Rights, containing \nsome rights accorded to children, was at the core of our new society based on \nvalues of dignity, equality and respect for the freedom and security of the person, \nin sharp contrast to the violen…
Does the Differential Criterion for Vesting Parental Rights and Responsibilities of Unmarried Parents Violate International Law? A Legislative and Social Study of Three African Countries
The right to non-discrimination for all children is established in international human rights law. International children's rights law further provides for the common responsibility of parents for the maintenance of their children. African customary law and common law have always made a distinction between children born in and out of wedlock so far as the duty to maintain them is concerned. The resilience of this customary and common law approach…
A maturing manifesto
This article represents the next in a series of five-year overviews of children’s rights in the courts in South Africa. Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Welfare of Children as a point of departure, the study suggests that it is in the public sphere that children’s rights have had their most impact in the period under review. The article highlights eight areas of distinction in this five-year period: t…
Regional Frameworks for Safeguarding Children
This 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 Commi…
KOS v Minister of Home Affairs and its relevance to the law of marriage in South Africa
This article reviews the applications of three transgender persons to have their new identificatory details recorded in the relevant population registry, and to have suitably adjusted identity documents issued in consequence.However, the law of marriage seemed to stand in their way.Related issues have been raised in foreign courts, which are discussed in the second part of this article.It is argued that, although the decision in KOS v Minister of…
Sideswipes and Backhanders
This article reviews the abolition of the defence of reasonable chastisement by the South African Constitutional Court on the grounds that it infringes the Constitution. After detailing the history of the abolition of corporal punishment in a democracy with the Constitution as supreme law, the article dissects the reasoning of the Constitutional Court. It argues that judgment in Freedom of Religion South Africa v Minister of Justice and Constitut…
Towards Comprehensive Guidance for States in the African Region to respond to Children’s Rights in Emergencies, Disasters and Pandemics
The covid -19 pandemic spread has it impacted health systems, economies and communities across the African continent. It has also exacerbated risks already faced by children: limiting access to education, reducing protection from sexual and gender-based violence, harmful traditional and cultural practices including child, early or forced marriage ( cefm ), female genital-mutilation ( fgm ); and further limiting access to reproductive services and…
Family Matters
John Eekelaar, FBA, is a 'giant of family law', whose unrivalled contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and research has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice. His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law, and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years has produced, are celebrated in this collection of essay…
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