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Community Law Centre meets with ACERWC

Yesterday the Community Law Centre hosted a dinner for the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in Cape Town. This meet ...

Call for expression of interest to draft the Concept Note for the celebration of the 2014 Day of the African Child on the theme, ‘A child-friendly quality free ...

Dr Assim publishes a book on understanding kinship care of children

A Children’s rights researcher at the Community Law Centre has published a book titled: Understanding Kinship Care of Children in Africa. The book was ...

Dr Mandlate trains at the Human Rights Commission workshop in Mozambique

Children’s Rights researcher at the Community Law Centre, Dr Aquinaldo Mandlate attended a workshop on the possibility of establishment of a child rights unit ...

Mandlate unpacks the African protection of human rights

On 3 March, Dr Aquinaldo Mandlate from the Children’s Rights Project of the Community Law Centre (University of the Western Cape) spoke on the system of ...

Our annual report now available!

Community Law Centre's 2013 Annual report is now available.

Promotion and protection of children rights in the spotlight

Children’s Rights Project head at the Community Law Centre, Prof Benyam Dawit Mezmur, is one of the 18 independent experts that took part in the 68th Session ...

Sexual offences act amendments on teen sexual activity and the sex offender register

Today the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services was briefed by the Department on an amendment bill to the Sexual Offences Act, which deals ...

Solutions to challenges facing children in Africa explored

Researchers at the Community Law Centre’s Children’s Rights Project were part of the experts who presented at the second installment of an advanced short ...

Strengthening children’s rights in Africa: Some lessons from the new Children’s Act of Angola

In an opinion article published on AfricLaw, titled, ‘Strengthening children’s rights in Africa: Some lessons from the new Children’s Act of Angola’, Dr ...