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S v Williams and Others is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in which the court ruled that judicial corporal punishment of juveniles is unconstitutional. [1] The decision was taken with respect to five different cases in which six juveniles were convicted by different magistrates and sentenced to receive a "moderate ...
The Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 (Act No. 33 of 1997) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that abolished judicial corporal punishment. [1] It followed the Constitutional Court 's 1995 decision in the case of S v Williams and Others that caning of juveniles was unconstitutional.
In Australia, corporal punishment of minors in the home is legal, provided it is "reasonable". [14] [15] Corporal punishment in public schools is illegal in all states, and in private schools it is only allowed in Queensland. [16] [17] Parents who act unreasonably may be committing an assault.
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2010.. The members of the court during 2010 were Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mogoeng Mogoeng, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Zak Yacoob.
The central question to be answered in the present appeal, from a decision in a Local Division, was whether, when Parliament enacted the South African Schools Act [2] (wherein it prohibited corporal punishment in schools), it had violated the rights of parents of children at independent schools who, in line with their religious convictions, had consented to its use.
[2] [3] Freedom of Religion South Africa, the Christian lobbying group which had been party to the case, described the decision as "dangerous" and "destructive". [4] It was welcomed by children's rights groups including Save the Children South Africa [ 4 ] and the Children's Institute at the University of Cape Town , [ 5 ] as well as by the ...
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2008.. The members of the court at the start of 2008 were Chief Justice Pius Langa, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Sandile Ngcobo, Bess Nkabinde, Kate O'Regan, Albie Sachs, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Zak Yacoob.
S v M is a 2007 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa with import for children's rights and criminal sentencing.The court held unanimously that the best interests of the child must be considered whenever a child's primary caregiver is handed a criminal sentence.