Article 40, a lay journal of the Children's Rights Project, Community Law Centre, has been in existance since 1999. It continues to be a valuable resource containing information on policy and legal developments in child justice in South Africa and other parts of Africa. This publication has examples of good practice and successful interventions for children in trouble with the law. It is the only publication of its kind dedicated to strengthening awareness-raising and information dissemination around the South African criminal justice system as it pertains to children.
The following issues of Article 40 can be downloaded:
Volume 14(3) December 2012: Leading article- Criminal capacity and the teenage brain: Insights from neurological research
Volume 14(2) June 2012: Leading article- Thirteen Year Old Boy Implicated in Gang Rape of Seventeen Year Old Mentally Disabled Girl from Soweto - A Case of Criminal Capacity
Volume 14(1) April 2012: Leading articleFrom Old Jeshwang to Kanifing: Improving children's access to justice in The Gambia - Challenges and Prospects
Volume 11(1) March 2009: Leading article- Child Justice Alliance Diversion workshop held in Pretoria on 1 and 2 December 2008.
Volume 10(3) December 2008 : Leading article- Minimum sentences legislation for child offencers found unconstitutional.
Volume 10(2) July 2008 : Leading article- The Child Justice Bill passed by the National Assembly.
Volume 10(1) May 2008 : Leading article- Overview of the 2007 version of the Child Justice Bill.