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| Title: | Formulating new juvenile justice legislation in South Africa |
| Author: | Cassim, Fawzia |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Periodical: | The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 330-349 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| Subjects: | juvenile justice children's rights |
| Abstract: | South Africa's ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on 16 June 1995 provided the impetus for the country to develop a separate, cohesive juvenile justice system. This article addresses the need to formulate new juvenile justice legislation in South Africa. It focuses on children in custody and the recent steps introduced by government to create a streamlined and effective juvenile justice system aimed at deterring youngsters from embarking on a life of crime. It considers the recommendations of various organizations, such as the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders (Nicro), the Nedcor Report on Crime, Violence and Investment, the Western Cape Community Law Centre, the Inter-Ministerial Committee set up after the crisis sparked by the release of children in May 1995, the South African Law Commission's paper on juvenile justice (March 1997), and the international workshop on drafting juvenile justice legislation (November 1997). It looks at pilot projects such as the Ekuseni Youth Development Centre in Kwazulu Natal and the Walter Sisulu Centre in Soweto, as well as the President's Award Youth Empowerment Programme which is used in prisons to assist young prisoners. It also examines international trends in juvenile justice in the United States with a view to adopting such trends in South Africa. In conclusion, it proposes a reform agenda for the future. Notes, ref. |
