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Children's rights in the international and domestic law framework
The Convention on the Rights of the Child with focus on the content of the Convention and its effect on domestic law;
Optional protocols to the CRC with a focus on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;
The African Union and children's rights with a focus on the African Charter on the Welfare of the Child and the African Youth Charter.
South African constitutional law and the rights of the child with a focus on:
Exploring section 28 of the South African Constitution through legislative provisions;
Exploring the impact of section 28 of the Constitution through case law.
Children's rights in context
This part of the module involves an exploration of the bio-psycho-socio-economic sphere of children's rights in South Africa. It is based on exploring the legitimacy of both the African Charter and the Convention within the plural nature of society. This module explores various themes, such as:
a) The concept of childhood
b) The changing nature of childhood
c) Vulnerability in childhood
d) The conception of childhood within African communities
e) The relationship between childhood and children's rights
f) The image of childhood underlying the international law of children's rights
g) Childhood and the African Children's Charter
h) Consolidating the new image of childhood in favour of the rights and welfare of the African child
i) The concept of culture and its relevance for children's rights
j) Cultural legitimacy and its relevance children's rights in Africa
Children's rights in the international and domestic law framework
a) The Convention on the Rights of the Child
b) Optional protocols to the CRC
1. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
c) The African Union and children's rights
1. The African Charter
2. African Youth Charter
d) South African Constitutional Law and the rights of the child
1. Exploring section 28 of the South African Constitution
2. Exploring the impact of section 28 of the Constitution through case law
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