Links

Inter-governmental Organisations
  • African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • United Nations
  • UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • UNICEF
  • United Nations Treaty Collection
  • United Nations Human Rights Website
International Law and Related Documents
  • African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
  • Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: South Africa
  • Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Declaration of the Rights of the Child
  • Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
  • Initial Country Report submitted by South Africa to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
  • National Programme of Action for Children in South Africa: Framework (1996)
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
  • United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, 1990 (also known as the Riyadh Guidelines)
  • United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
  • United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice, 1985 (also known as the Beijing Rules)
NGOs
  • Amnesty International
  • Centre of Juvenile Justice & Criminal Justice
  • Centre for Child Law
  • Human Rights Watch
  • Save the Children (UK)
  • National Center for Youth Law
  • Children First
  • NICRO (National Institute for Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders)
  • Restorative Justice Centre
  • Institute of Criminology (UCT) - Youth Justice Project
  • The Global Movement for Children
South African Juvenile Justice Documents
  • Juvenile Justice: The Report (2000) - Project 106
  • Juvenile Justice: Discussion Paper 79 (1999) - Project 106
  • Sexual Offences: The Substantive Law. Discussion Paper 85 (1999) - SA Law Commission (Project 107)
  • The Review of the Child Care Act. Issue Paper 13 (1998) - SA Law Commission (Project 110)
  • Sexual Offences Against Children: Issue Paper 10 (1997) - SA Law Commission (Project 10)
  • Juvenile Justice: Issue Paper 9 (1997) -  Project 106
  • Statistics South Africa
  • Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Discussion Document by STATS SA)
  • Monitoring Child Rights in a Society in Transition: The Opportunities Afforded by a Transformed Statistical Agency and the Culture of Child Rights Activism (Discussion Document by STATS SA)
  • Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) - excellent site for Committee meeting minutes, Bills, and other documents related to Parliament