Wow - an extraordinary empowering tool for children. Well done and thank you Centre for Child Law 🙏🙏

Check it out! Centre for Child Law has made a self-help tool for children to determine their status and documentation available to them 😍 First of its kind!
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The crisis in funding the non-profit orgs caring for society's most vulnerable, is worsening. Services for children, GBV survivors, persons with disabilities and older persons, is compromised. Read SANCRC's appeal to Social Development Minister Zulu: bit.ly/3UsdvKd

Congratulations Moyahabo Thoka!, we are extremely proud of you!

#ProudlyUP #LegalPrimaFacie

📢JOINT STATEMENT📢
SECTION27, Equal Education, Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) and Legal Resources Centre call on Parliament of RSA to reinstate clauses in the BELA Bill designed to ensure school language and admissions policies are equitable! Read our statement here:

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We congratulate our legal researcher Moyahabo Thoka on being admitted as the Attorney of the High Court of South Africa! ⚖️ We are proud of you! 👏🏿😀

💡 In the week of 15 – 20 April, LHR & partners participated in the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights & Welfare of the Child. Our focus was on the severe implications of childhood #statelessness . 📢 Here's how it went: shorturl.at/dDQ35

[Case Review]

Mr. Stanley Malematja, legal practitioner at the Centre for Child Law at University of Pretoria, writes a case review for BMGS v MBS and Others (GP) (unreported case no 26675/2022, 8-1-2024) (Phahlane J).

Read more: l1nq.com/2T9cu

#ProudlyUP #LegalPrimaFacie

Calling all child rights friends in South Africa 🇿🇦 and Canada 🇨🇦 - this invitation is for the amazing children you work with - from our fantastic One Ocean Hub colleagues at University of Strathclyde

Karabo Ozah Centre for Child Law CYC-Net Heather Modlin

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The Youth #ClimateJustice team are recruiting 12 young advisors to create a Young Advisory Team.

Researchers especially welcome applications from #children and young people living in Ireland, Nepal, Canada & #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦

⏰Applications due 5 May.

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Congratulations!

Dr. Elvis Fokala of the CentreForHumanRights, and Ms. Liesl Muller of the Centre for Child Law, have been nominated to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (@acerwc). They will serve a two-year term as External Experts.

#ProudlyUP #UPLaw

LHR is with Centre for Child Law at the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child! This year's theme is #education , and we are giving insights on #statelessness 💡 Thank you to Terre des hommes for making this trip possible! 💛

The Centre for Child Law is currently attending the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, taking place in Lesotho,Maseru from 15th-25th April 2024. #ACERWC #childrensrights #righttoeducation #statelessness #inclusivity

Hey Children, and parents of children, who are climate activists! Check this out. You (/your child) could be an advisor to the Youth Climate Justice Research Project. Follow the link for more:
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Youth Climate Justice
Centre for Child Law
AFRICAN CLIMATE ALLIANCE
Centre for Environmental Rights

'The discord in the interpretation of domestic laws relating to nationality and birth registration, tends to fundamentally undermine the contents of article 6 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.'

Centre for Child Law at #ACERWC43

💡 If you are a victim of the unconstitutional practice of #IDBlocking , this booklet is for you!

🗣️ Available in English and 4 more SA languages on our website: lhr.org.za/lhr-resources/…

The deadline for pre-registration for the Forum on Domestic Violence and the Operation of Article 13(1)(b) of the 1980 #ChildAbduction Convention has been extended to Friday 19 April, 5.00 p.m. (CEST).

More info: bit.ly/4aDTaIb

#HCCH #privateinternationallaw

📢We are excited to share CCL's senior attorney and child rights defender, Liesl Heila Muller's appointment to serve at the ACERWC as an External Expert.

She brings her vast knowledge and experience, and we are confident in the value she adds to the committee!
#climatejustice 🌱

CCL's senior attorney and PhD researcher, Liesl Heila Muller presenting on day 2 of the children’s rights and environmental rights workshop at IISJ-IISL Oñati

#ClimateJustice #ChildRights

🎉 VICTORY FOR KIDS! 🎉

📸 See our statement w/ The Children's Institute in pics!

Quick summary? The SCA held:

☝️ Teachers who abuse kids must NEVER get away with it

🔑 WHEREVER a child is involved, their best interests are key

☮️ SACE must help peaceful teachers create peaceful classrooms!