Publications on child justice and child labour

Archive documentThis page is part of the document archive that this domain has carried since the campaign for South Africa’s Child Justice Act. It is reproduced as a historical record: the dates, figures and contact details in it belong to the period it was written in and are not current. It is not legal advice, and it is not published on behalf of the Child Justice Alliance.

Publications on Child Justice and Child Labour

The third & fourth year of the Child Justice Act's implementation: Where are we headed?

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Author: Lorenzo Wakefield
Publisher: Child Justice Alliance
Date of Publication: 2015

Second Year of the Child Justice Act's Implementation: Dwindling Numbers

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Author: Charmain Badenhorst
Publisher: Child Justice Alliance
Date of Publication: 2025

Overview of the Implementation of the Child Justice Act, 2022: Good intentions, questionable outcomes

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Author: Charmain Badenhorst
Publisher: Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Date of Publication: 2024

Getting to Know the Child Justice Act

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Author: Jacqui Gallinetti
Publisher: Child Justice Alliance
Date of Publication: 2025

A Baseline study of children in criminal justice system in 3 magisterial districts

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Authors: Jacqui Gallinetti & Daksha Kassan
Publisher: Child Justice Alliance
Date of Publication: 2007

A Quanititative overview of children in the criminal justice system: 2007

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Author: Lukas Muntingh
Publisher: Child Justice Alliance
Date of Publication: 2007

Children Used by Adults to Commit Crime

The use of children in the commission of crime is considered a worst form of child labour in terms of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention of the International Labour Organisation. The project, Children Used by Adults to Commit Crime (CUBAC), was formed in 2005 to address this issue.

The initial CUBAC series includes the following publications:

This series was produced as part of the implementation of the Child Labour Programme of Action for South Africa, which is a national partnership initiated by the South African government. Civil society partners comprise of organised business, organised labour and non-governmental organisations. The overall lead government department is the Department of Labour, and the lead department on the CUBAC project is the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.

Review of South African Innovations in diversion & integration of at-risk youth

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Compiled by: Francois Steyn
Publisher: Criminal Justice Initiative of the Open Society Foundation
Date of Publication: 2005

Child Justice: Comparing the South African child justice reform process and experiences of juvenile justice reform in the United States of America

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Author: Louise Ehlers
Publisher: Criminal Justice Initiative of the Open Society Foundation
Date of Publication: 2006