University of Leiden and University of the Western Cape CURRICULUM VITAE: Julia Sloth-Nielsen DATE: NOVEMBER 2016 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1.1 General information Surname SLOTH – NIELSEN First names Julia Jane ID Number 5910280041083 Citizenship South African Title Prof Female X Male Place of birth Durban, South Africa Date of birth 28 October 1959 Population group African Coloured Indian White X Other (Please specify) Department Public Law and Jurisprudence (UWC); Department of Child Law (Leiden) Position Professor Direct Telephone Direct Telefax N/A E-mail JSloth-Nielsen@uwc.ac.za Date of appointment 1 January 1995 Permanent full-time X Temporary full-time 1.2 Academic qualifications obtained Degree/ Diploma Field of study Higher education institution Year LLD Law, International Law, Child Justice . University of the Western Cape 2001 LLM Law (criminology) University of Cape Town 1987 BALLB Law University of Stellenbosch 1981 1.3 Work experience to date Name of employer Capacity and/or type of work Period From mm//yy to mm//yy University of Leiden Professor of Children’s Rights in the Developing World August 2013 - present (part time): appointment until 31 July 2018 University of the Western Cape Senior professor (and Dean from January 2009 - December 2013), teaching Children’s Rights, Child Justice, International Family Law, Advanced Family Law, Welfare Law, an elective in Comparative Criminal Justice: RSA and USA, and aspects of refugee law. January 2001- present Children’s Rights Project, Community Law Centre, UWC Project Manager July 1994 - December 2000 University of Cape Town Lecturer: teaching Criminal Procedure, Criminology; specific offences; aspects of the law of evidence Aug 1987 – December 1990 University of Stellenbosch Lecturer: taught Criminal Procedure, Law of Evidence; specific offences and Conflict of Laws 1983 – July 1987 Department of Justice Public Prosecutor 1982 - December 1983 TEACHING ACTIVITIES Courses presented Course Level (e.g. second year, Masters) Self developed (Yes or No) LLM modules in Children’s Rights, International Family Law Masters (UWC) Yes The Child in Private International Law (module); Children’s socio economic rights with a focus on health, education and social security (module); Enforcement of Children’s Rights (part of module) Advanced LLM in children’s rights (Leiden) Yes LLB elective in Child Justice Final year LLB (UWC) Yes Advanced Family Law Final Year LLB (UWC) Some lectures Welfare Law B Social Work (UWC) Yes Refugee and immigration law (final year LLB elective) LLB final year Some lectures Comparative Criminal Justice LLB final year and law students from the University of Missouri From 2005-2015 Criminal Law (specific offences), Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Criminology LLB (and LLM at UCT) From 1983-1990 Some other educational and pedagogical university courses presented Course Year Institution LLM Child Law 2014 Moi University, Kenya AJEI 2016 UCT (training of judges from 10 African countries on children’s rights) Frontiers of Children’s Rights Africa Leiden summer school 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 University of Leiden Children’s Rights in African context 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 University of Pretoria summer school Juvenile Justice 2011, 2014 Institute Kurt Bosch, Switzerland, and University of Fribourg, International MA in Children’s Rights HIV Aids and the Rights of the Child 2010, 2013, 2014 University of Pretoria Child Justice for Aspirant Magistrates 2004, 2005, 2013 Department of Justice RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 3.1 Current supervision or co-supervision Name of student Degree/Title of dissertation/ thesis and date Supervisor Co-supervisor(s) Duration of studies (years) Rene Govender LLD Sentencing of Juveniles Julia Sloth-Nielsen First Registration 2011 Edmund Foley LLD Functional Independence of the ACERWC Julia Sloth-Nielsen First registration 2013 Obdiah Mawadzu LLD Protection of child mothers in Zimbabwe Lea Mwambene Julia Sloth-Nielsen First registration 2016 Fasil Malatu LLD Unaccompanied migrant children Julia Sloth-Nielsen First registration 2014/5 Amy Brown LLM International recovery of maintenance (Submitted for examination November 2016) Julia Sloth-Nielsen First registration July 2015 Tannion Filander LLM International surrogacy (submitted for examination November 2016) Julia Sloth-Nielsen First registration July 2015 Roberta Mdiglana LLM Ukuthwala Julia Sloth-Nielsen Lea Mwambene First registration June 2016 Tshegofatso Tracy Mothapo LLM Foster care and adoption of foreign migrant children as durable solutions Julia Sloth-Nielsen First registration June 2016 Shane Leane Rispel LLM Rights of the unborn child in surrogacy Julia Sloth-Nielsen First registration October 2016 Gracia Lunga LLM Child Trafficking in Ghana Julia Sloth-Nielsen First Registration January 2017 Completed supervision or co-supervision (LLD (all) and LLM only from 2016) Name of student Degree enrolled for and date of completion Project title Supervisor Co-supervisor(s) Date of completion G Odongo LLD Juvenile Justice in selected African jurisdictions Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2006 J Gallinetti LLD The Worst Forms of Child Labour Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2008 B Mezmur LLD Intercountry adoption in Africa Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2009 H Combrinck LLD Protection of Women from violence Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2010 L Wolhuter LLD Victims and criminal justice Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2012 L Muntingh LLD South African prisons policy developments 1996-2012 Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2012 N Murungi LLD Right to education for children with disabilities in South Africa and Kenya Julia Sloth-Nielsen B Mezmur 2013 A Mandlate LLD Implementation of children’s rights in Mozambique and Angola Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2013 M Assim LLD Kinship care as a form of alternative care Julia Sloth-Nielsen 2014 S Philpott PHD Early childhood education for children with disabilities Julia Sloth-Nielsen H Combrinck 2014 K Chinnian LLD Feminist theory and refugee status determination L Van Der Poll J Sloth-Nielsen 2014 M Lebeko LLM Domestic Violence and the Hague Abduction Convention (cum Luade) Julia Sloth-Nielsen April 2016 Miche Boyd LLM Relocation and the best interests of the child Julia Sloth-Nielsen Latiefa Albertus April 2016 Nikita Damons LLM Cohabitation in Sweden and South Africa Julia Sloth-Nielsen April 2016 Sharna Lee Clark LLM Children with disabilities and RSA treaty body reports Julia Sloth-Nielsen April 2016 Delicia Adams LLM Rights of unmarried fathers Julia Sloth-Nielsen July 2016 Daniella Zlotnik LLM (Leiden) Multiple Parent Families Julia Sloth-Nielsen August 2016 Kirsten Pearce LLM (Leiden) Right to basic education in South Africa Julia Sloth-Nielsen August 2016 Juliette Duschesne LLM (Leiden) The Voice of the Child in Hague Abduction proceedings in South Africa and the USA Julia Sloth-Nielsen August 2016 Tamima Talip LLM (cum laude) Surrogacy and statelessness Julia Sloth-Nielsen February 2014 Kelly-Ann Cleophas LLM (cum laude) Article 13(1) defences to the Hague Abduction Convention Julia Sloth-Nielsen February 2014 Ntombi Ntini LLM Domestic Violence and the courts: a case study of De Aar Julia Sloth-Nielsen February 2013 Pearl Andrew LLM Hague Abduction Convention Julia Sloth-Nielsen February 2013 Landry Nouck LLM Conflict transformation and Darfur Julia Sloth-Nielsen February 2012 Hans Anyikame MA Conflict transformation and child soldiers Julia Sloth-Nielsen February 2012 Neville Dampies Mphil Child sensitive interviewing of victims of sexual assault Julia Sloth-Nielsen February 2012 (in total more than 40 LLM theses supervised. For those prior to 2012, full details can be provided on request) 3.3 Selected consultancies/ policy papers/involvement in law reform and legal development Organisation Topic Year Unicef Namibia Updating training materials on child protection and gender based violence for NAMPOL training college 2017 Save the Children, AU Office Drafting a General Comment on measures of implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2017 Department of Monitoring and Evaluation (Presidency) Birth registration evaluation (with Genesis Analytics) 2016-2017 Save the Children ESARO Updating of the guide “Advancing children’s rights: a guide for CSOs to engage with the ACERWC” 2016 Save the Children ESARO, Children’s Rights Project, Dullah Omar Institute, UWC Wrote commentary on various articles of the ACRWC for the Implementation Handbook on the African Children’s Charter, including article 16 (abuse and torture) and article 17 (juvenile justice) 2016 African Child Policy Forum Contribution researched and written on Coordination for implementation of children’s rights for the 2016 Africa Child Wellbeing Report (60 pages) 2015 IOM/Save the Children Unaccompanied child migration in Southern Africa: Country study of UAMs in Zambia (30 pages) 2015 Plan Zambia In depth policy and legal review of international instruments concerning child marriage (40 pages) 2014-5 Plan Zambia Legal and Policy measures surrounding child marriage in Zimbabwe (100 pages) 2015-2016 Plan Zambia Legal and Policy measures surrounding child marriage in Zambia (90 pages) 2015-2016 Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Harmonisation of child law in South Africa (50 pages) 2013-2015 Contract research through BE@UP Report on the 3rd Amendment Act to the Children’s Act (contributed 25% to the 300 page report) 2013 Contract Research from APC (Association for Progressive communications) on behalf of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Teenagers, freedom of expression and the digital media in African context (25 pages) 2014 Kids Rights (The Netherlands) Completed an expert review of 10 publications relating to various dimensions on children’s rights (child labour in Cote d’Ivoire, child domestic work in Nepal, children in institutions in Moldova etc) 2013-2014 African Child Policy Forum Drafted Advocacy strategy for the African Violence against Children study (50 pages) 2013 UNICEF Tanzania Drafted Children’s Court Rules for Zanzibar which were to be issued by the Registrar of the High Court 2013 UNICEF Swaziland Development and delivery of training to the judiciary in relation to the Children’s Care And Protection Act of Swaziland 2014 UNICEF Lesotho Development and delivery of training to implementers of the Children’s Care And Protection Act of Lesotho 2013-2014 UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Project Co-operation Agreement to provide technical assistance in the ESRO region on Child Law Reform, providing assistance to Botswana, Namibia, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Kenya and Zimbabwe 2009-2014 Department of Social Development (Western Cape) Contract to deliver training on the Children’s Act to social workers 2009-2014 Nampol and UNICEF Namibia Contracted to draft training materials for Basic and Advanced Police College training programmes m various aspects relating to women and children, and investigation of crimes against them 2012 UNICEF Zanzibar Drafted the Zanzibar Law of the Child (Sheria Wa Mtoto) The Zanzibar Children’s Act was awarded the World Futures Foundation prize for children’s law and policy in October 2015 2009-2011 ILO/TECL (Pretoria) Conducted a study on the worst forms of child labour in South Africa, leading to the inclusion of children being used by adults as an aggravating factor at sentencing 2006-2007 African Child Policy Forum, Defence for Children International and Terres Des Hommes Drafted Guidelines on Child Friendly Justice in Africa, adopted by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2011 National Department of Social Development Appointed lead contractor to draft all the Regulations to the Children’s Act 2007-2008 African Child Policy Forum Wrote a policy paper on a research agenda for legal development in Africa (40 pages) 2007 African Child Policy Forum Wrote the chapters on harmonisation of child law in South Africa, and harmonisation of Child Law in Lesotho, for their publication on Harmonisation of Child Law in Southern and Eastern Africa (each chapter was 40 pages) 2007 Save the Child Eastern Africa Wrote policy paper on the implementation of the right to free primary education in South Sudan (35 pages) 2007 UNICEF Mozambique and UTREL Drafted two statutes on Children’s Law (one on juvenile justice) after full consultative process 2004-2007 UN Office for Drugs and Crime, Vienna Juvenile Justice Toolkit (50 page monograph) 2006 UNICEF South Sudan Provided technical assistance in drafting the Children’s Act 2005 Save the Children South Africa Wrote policy paper on ending corporal punishment in South Africa (30 pages) 2002 South African Law Reform Commission Member of the Project committee on the Review of the Child Care Act (drafted substantial sections of the Report of the Commission which underpins the Children’s Act 37 of 2005) 1998-2002 South African Law Reform Commission Member of the Project Committee on Juvenile Justice (wrote substantial sections of the Report on Juvenile Justice which underpins the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008) 1996-2000 RESEARCH OUTPUTS 4.1 Publications in peer-reviewed or refereed journals Published: 1.'Parole: A matter of Social Justice' (1986) 4 SACC 29 2.'Whippings: In parliament and in the courts' (1986) 2 SAJHR 224 3.'Port Nolloth: A Reply' (1987) 11 SACC 142 4.'Hangings in South Africa: the last ten years' (1988) 4 SAJHR 391 5.'The Death Penalty in the Cape Provincial Division 1986 - 1988' (1989) 5 SAJHR 154 6.'S v Aitken: Is dolus eventualis sufficient for theft?' (1989) 2 SACJ 109 7.Book review: 'When the State Kills' (1989) 5 SAJHR 501 8.Book review: 'Inside South Africa's Death Factory' (1989) 5 SAJHR 503 9.‘Hangings in South Africa: the last ten years' (1989) 5 SAJHR 490 10.'A reply to Judge Munnik' (1990) 6 SAJHR 102 11.'Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989): Some Implications for South Africa' (1995) 11 SAJHR 401. 12.'No Child Should Be Caged: closing the doors on the detention of children' (1995) 8 SACJ 47 13.'Annual Juvenile Justice Review' (1995) 8 SACJ 331 14.'Pre-trial detention of children revisited: amending section 29 of the Correctional Services Act' (1996) 9 SACJ 61 15. 'Amendments to the Child Care Act in the context of the constitutional and international law developments in South Africa' (1996) 12 SAJHR 247 (with Belinda Van Heerden) 16.'The Child Care Amendment Act 1996: Does it improve Children's Rights in South Africa?' (1996) 12 SAJHR 649 (With Belinda van Heerden) 17. 'Annual Juvenile Justice Review' (1996) 9 SACJ 239 18. 'The contribution of children's rights towards the reconstruction of society: some implications of the constitutionalisation of children's rights in South Africa' (1996) 4 Int J on Children's Rights 638 19.'New Child Care and Protection legislation in Africa: some lessons for South Africa' 1997 Stell L R 261 (with Belinda van Heerden) 20.'Putting Humpty Dumpty Back together again: Towards Restructuring Families and Children's Lives in South Africa' (1998) 107 SALJ 156 (with Belinda van Heerden) 21. 'Annual Juvenile Justice Review' (1998) 11 SACJ 97 22. 'Annual Juvenile Justice Review' (1999) 12 SACJ 65 (with LM Muntingh). 23. 'The juvenile justice law reform process in South Africa: can a children's rights approach carry the day?' (1999) 18 Quinnipiac Law Review 469 24. ‘The role of international law in juvenile justice reform in South Africa’ 2000 (2) Law Democracy and Development 59-83 25. 'S v M: Challenging the prosecutorial decision not to divert' 2001 (1) De Jure 179 26. 'The child's rights to social security to social services and the prevention of child abuse: some conclusions in the aftermath of Grootboom' 2001 vol 17(2) SAJHR 210 27. ‘1999-2000 Annual Juvenile Justice Review’ (2001) 14 SACJ 384 28.‘Children’s Rights in South African Courts: An Overview since ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child’ Vol 10 (2) Int J on Children’s Rights (2002) 137- 156 29.‘Too Little? Too Late? The Implications of the Grootboom case for state responses to child- headed households’ 2003 (1) Law, Democracy and Development 113-136 30. ’The constitutional family: developments in South African family law and jurisprudence under the 1996 Constitution’ (with Belinda van Heerden) (2003) 2 Int Jnl of Law, Policy and the Family 121-146 31. ‘Race, class and restorative justice: Achilles heel, glass ceiling or crowning glory’ (with Gallinetti J and Redpath J) 2004 (17) SACJ 17- 40 32.‘Of Newborns and Nubiles: challenges in children’s rights in the era of HIV/Aids’ 2005 (13) Int J on Children’s Rights 73-85 33.‘ South Africa, the Arts and Youth in Conflict with the Law’ (with S Woodward and V Mathiti), vol 1 no 1 Int J of Community Music (ISSN 1550 – 7327), reprinted in vol 1 (2008) in hard copy (ISSN 1752 -6299), pp 69-88 34.‘Juvenile sentencing comes of age: Brandt v S’ 2005 (16) Stell L R 98-103 35.‘Policy and Practice in South African prisons: an update’ in 2005 (9) Law, Democracy and Development 1-21 36. ‘A short history of time: Charting the contribution of Social Development service delivery to enhance Child Justice 1996 – 2006’ (2007) vol 43 No. 4 Social Work/ Maatskaplike Werk 317-329 37.’(Illicit) transfer by De Gree’ 2007 (11:2) Law, Democracy & Development 81 – 100 (with B Mezmur) 38. ‘Surveying the research landscape to promote children’s legal rights in an African context’ (2007) 7 African Human Rights Law Journal 330-353 (with B Mezmur) 38. ‘Incy wincy Spider went Climbing up Again – Prospects for Constitutional (Re)interpretation of Section 28(1)(c) of the South African Constitution in the Next Decade of Democracy’ (2007) vol 2 Speculum Juris 147-166 (with C Mbazira) 40. ‘2 + 2 = 5? Exploring the domestication of the CRC in the South African courts (2002-2006)’ 2008 vol 16(1) Int J on Children’s Rights 1-28 (with B Mezmur) 41. Book Review: ‘Article 3: The best interests of the Child’ by MDA Freeman 2008 vol 16(1) Int J on Children’s Rights 153-157 42. ‘Win some, lose some: The 10th ordinary session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child’ 2008 (1) African Human Rights Law Journal (with B Mezmur ) 207 43.‘A dutiful child: Article 31 of the African Children’s Charter’ 2008 (2) Journal of African Law (with B Mezmur ) 159-189 44.‘Realising children’s rights to legal representation and to be heard in judicial proceedings: an update’” SA Journal on Human Rights 2008 (vol 24:3) 495-524. 45. ‘A developing dialogue: Children’s Rights, children’s law and economics: surveying experiences from Southern and Eastern African Law reform processes’ Electronic Journal of Comparative Law vol 12: 3 (2008) (www.ejcl.org/123abs123-5html). 46.’An Icebreaker: the 11th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child’ 2008 (2) African Human Rights Law Journal (with BM Mezmur) pp 596-616 47.‘Listen to us: Arguing the case for child participation in NEPAD’ 2009 African Journal of International and Comparative Law vol 17(1) pp1-28 (with B Mezmur) 48. ‘Out of the starting blocks: The 12th and 13th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (2009) 9 African Human Rights Law Journal 336-352 (with B Mezmur) 49. ‘Seen and Heard: New Frontiers in Child Participation in Family Law Proceedings in South Africa’ vol 23(2) 2009 Speculum Juris 1-19 50.’Inter-country adoption from a southern and eastern African perspective’ (with Judge B Van Heerden and Dr B Mezmur) March 2010 International Family Law 86-97 51.‘Cluster foster care: a panacea for the care of children in the era of HIV/ Aids or a MCQ?’ vol 46 (4) 2010 Social Work/ Maatskaplike Werk 486-496 (with Dr J Gallinetti) 52. ‘Relocation decisions: do culture, language and religion matter in the Rainbow Nation? 2010 (2) Journal for Family Law and Practice, London Metropolitan University 86-98 (with L Albertus) 53. ‘Like running on a treadmill? The 14th and 15th sessions of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child’ 2010 (vol 10 (2)) African Human Rights Law Journal 534-556 (with Dr B Mezmur) 54.  ‘Does the differential criterion for vesting parental rights and responsibilities of unmarried parents violate international law? A legislative and social study of three African countries’ 2011 (vol 55(2)) Journal of African Law 203-229 (with Wakefield, L and Murungi, N) 55. ‘Benign accommodation? Ukuthwala, forced marriage and the Children’s Act 38 of 2005’ 2011 (vol 11(1)) African Human Rights Law Journal 1-22 (with Dr L Mwambene) 56. ‘The Amendment of the Jurisdiction of the Regional Courts Act, 2008: Implications for divorce and children’ 2011 (vol 36) Journal for Juridical Science 1-18 57. ‘Just say sorry? Ubuntu, Africanisation and the child justice system in the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008’ 2011 (vol) 14(4) PER 63-90 (with Dr J Gallinetti) 58. ‘A foreskin too far? Male circumcision and the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 in the era of HIV/Aids Law, Democracy and Development, 2012 59. ‘Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: How can the development of customary law best be understood?’ Vol 28 no 2(1) 2012 Law in Context 27-46 (with Dr L Mwambene) 60. ‘A maturing manifesto: the constitutionalisation of children’s rights in South African jurisprudence 2007-2012? (with H Kruuse) 2013 International Journal on Children’s Rights,646-678 61. ‘The Constitutional Family: Developments in South African Child and Family Law 2003-2013’ 2014 (1) pp 1-21 International Journal of Family Law and Policy (With B Van Heerden) 62. “Deprivation of liberty 'as a last resort' and for the 'shortest period of time': How far have we come? and can we do better?” 2013 SA Journal on Criminal Justice 316-337 63. ”Surrogacy South African style Family Law News (vol (6(1)) pp 21-23 (not accredited) 64. ‘Islamic Kafalah as an alternative care option for children deprived of a family environment’ (2014) 14 African Human Rights Law Journal 322-345 (with M Assim) 65.“Sailing between Scylla and Charybdis: Mayelane v Ngwenyama (with H Kruuse) 2014 (17:4) Potchefstroom Electronic Review (http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/peljiv1714) 66.’Regional frameworks for safeguarding children; the role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child’ (Social Sciences online journal: special issue on contemporary developments in child protection available at http://www.mdpi.com/socsci/special_issues/child_protectionsocsci 2014, 3(4),948-961; doi:10.3390/socisci3040948 (ISSN 2076-0760). 67.’The intersection between article 6 of the CRC and early childhood development’ (with S Philpott), Stellenbosch Law Review (2015) 15 (2) 295-317 68. Recent developments in child justice (2015 (3) South African Criminal Justice 437) 69. ’Unaccompanied and separated children in child and youth care facilities in the Western Cape: a socio-legal study’ (with M Ackermann) (Potchefstroom Electronic Review, June 2016) 71. ‘Some implications of the decision of the Zimbabwe Constitutional Court in Madzhuru and ors v Minister of Justice Parliamentary and Legal Affairs’ (with K Hove) 2016 (2) African Human Rights Law Journal (forthcoming December 2016) Books and/or chapters in books 1.‘Violence in the Criminal Justice System' in People and Violence in South Africa B McKendrich and W Hoffmann (eds) Oxford University Press (1990) 2.'Corporal Punishment: Acceptable State Violence?' in Towards Justice: Crime and State Control in South Africa D Hansen and D Van Zyl Smit (eds) Oxford University Press (1990) 3.'Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention' in Human Rights for South Africans M Robertson (ed) Oxford University Press (1990) 4.'Chickens in a box: a progressive participatory study of Lwandle hostel residents perceptions of personal safety' (Human Sciences Research Council, 1992.) 5. 'Chicken soup or chain saws: Some implications of the constitutionalisation of children's rights in South Africa' in Children's Rights R Keightley (ed) Juta and Co, Cape Town (1996) 6..'Signposts on the Road to Equality: Towards the New Millennium for Parents, Children and Families in South Africa' in The Changing Family- International Perspectives on the Family and Family Law J Eekelaar and RT Nhlapo (eds) Hart Publishing, Oxford (1998) (with BJ van Heerden) 7. 'The political economy of child law reform: Pie in the Sky?' in Children's Rights in a Transitional Society CJ Davel (ed) Protea Book House (1999) (with BJ van Heerden) 8. 'Child Justice' in CJ Davel (ed) Introduction to Child Law (Juta and Co, Cape Town, 2000) 383 – 461 9.‘Children’s Rights (Chapter 22)’ in H Cheadle, D Davis and N Haysom (eds) Constitutional Law: The Bill of Rights 1st ed (2002) pp 23-1 –23-32 10.'What's left for the right? Children's rights to social security, social services and the primary prevention of child abuse' in P Auwerwert et al Social Economic And Cultural Rights: an appraisal of current European and International developments Maklu publishers, Belgium, ISBN 9062157874 pp315-338). 11.‘The Business of Child Justice’ in Criminal Justice in a New Society: Essays in Honour of Solly Leeman J Burchell and A Erasmus (eds) Juta and Co, Cape Town 2003 12. ’Politics and processes of child law reform in South Africa’ with (BJ van Heerden) in J Dewar and S Parker (eds) Family Law: Politics, Processes and Pressures Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2003 pp 571-587. 13. ‘Beyond the Rights of the Child’ (with C Matthias, N Zaal and S Burman) in S Burman (ed) The Fate of the Child: Legal decisions on Children in the New South Africa (Juta and Co, Cape Town, 2003) 14. ‘Children and Criminal Accountability: Questions from the Bench (with V Mayer) in S Burman (ed) The Fate of the Child: Legal decisions on Children in the new South Africa (Juta and Co, Cape Town 2003) 15.’Juvenile justice in Africa: A guide to best practice’ (J Gallinetti and J Sloth-Nielsen (eds) Community Law Centre, ISBN 1868086143, 2004) 16. ‘International Instruments‘ in J Gallinetti and J Sloth-Nielsen (eds) Community Law Centre, ISBN 1868086143, 2004) 17. ‘Changing practice in existing legal frameworks ‘ in J Gallinetti and J Sloth-Nielsen (eds) Community Law Centre, ISBN 1868086143, 2004) 18.‘Children’s Rights’ (Chapter 22) in H Cheadle, D Davis and N Haysom (eds) Constitutional Law and the Bill of Rights 2nd ed (2005) pp 23-1 –23-32 ISBN: 0409018287. 19.‘The contribution of children’s rights to the reconstruction of society: some implications of the constitutionalisation of children’s rights in South Africa’ 1996 essay, reprinted as chapter 31, volume 2 of MDA Freeman (ed) Children’s Rights (Ashgate, Dartmouth, 2004) [a collection of the 31 best essays written on children’s rights internationally]. 20. 'The State of the Nation's Prisons' in S Buhlungu et al (eds) The State of the Nation 2006-2007 (HSRC Press, Cape Town, 2006) ISBN 978-0-7969-2166-6 21. ‘The Interface between Child Protection, Child Justice and Child Labour via Convention 182 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour’ in S Meuwese et al (eds) 100 Years of Child Protection (Wolf Publishers, The Netherlands, 2007 ISBN) 9789058502933 22. Chapter 7 ‘Protection of Children’: part 2 (National Child Protection Register) and part 3 (Protection of Children’s Health rights) ‘in Commentary on the Children’s Act (CJ Davel and AM Skelton (eds) p7.1 - p7.25 (Juta and Co, Cape Town, 2007) ISBN 978-0-7-21-7883-2 23. ‘Strengthening the Promotion, Protection and Fulfilment of Children’s Rights in the African Context’ (2007) in A Alen et al (eds) The UN Children’s Rights Convention: Theory meets Practice Intersentia publishers, Antwerpen/Oxford ISBN 9789050956406, pp81 – 104. 24. Consulting editor Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa. A Resource Book (Khoza, S (ed)), Bellville, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape (2006) 25.’From the margins to the mainstream: Exploring the domestication of the CRC in South African jurisprudence (2002-2006)’ Rights of the Child/Droits de enfant: proceedings of the international conference Wilson and Lafleur Publishers, Ottawa (2008) 26. ‘Children in Prison in Africa’ in J Sarkin (ed) Human rights in African prisons, HSRC Press, Cape Town (2008) pp117-133. 27. Children’s rights in Africa: A Legal Perspective (J Sloth-Nielsen, Ed) (book comprising 18 chapters, ISBN 978-7546-4887-1, Ashgate, Dartmouth, 2008) 28. ‘Children’s rights and the law in African context: an introduction’ in J Sloth-Nielsen (ed) Children’s rights in Africa: A Legal Perspective Ashgate, Dartmouth, 2008 pp3-13 29.’Domestication of Children’s Rights in National Legal Systems’ in J Sloth-Nielsen (ed) Children’s rights in Africa: A Legal Perspective Ashgate, Dartmouth, 2008 pp53-73 30. ‘HIV/ Aids and Children’s Rights in law and policy in Africa: confronting Hydra head on’ (with B Mezmur) in J Sloth-Nielsen (ed) Children’s rights in Africa: A Legal Perspective Ashgate, Dartmouth, 2008 pp279-299 31. ‘Introduction’ (with Du Toit Z and Cloete, J) in Trials and tribulations, trends and triumphs: child and family law developments internationally, regionally and in South Africa (Selected papers from the annual Miller du Toit/UWC Child and Family Law Conference) J Sloth-Nielsen and Z du Toit (eds) (Juta and Co, 2008). 32.’Trials and tribulations, trends and triumphs: South African child and family law 2001-2008’ in Trials and tribulations, trends and triumphs: child and family law developments internationally, regionally and in South Africa (Selected papers from the annual Miller du Toit Cloete/UWC Child and Family Law Conference) J Sloth-Nielsen and Z du Toit (eds) (Juta and Co, 2008). 33. ‘The right to education in Africa: Taking stock’ (with B Mezmur) in Essays in honour of Hans Visser (CJ Davel, ed), Juta and Co, 2008. 34. Chapter 7 Part 2 and 3: “National Child Abuse Registers” and “Protection of Child Health” in Skelton AM and Davel CJ Commentary on the Children’s Act Juta and Co, 1st edition (2007). 35. ‘The ballot as bulwark: prisoner’s rights to vote in South Africa (with LM Muntingh), A Ewald and B Rottinghaus (ed) Cambridge University Press, 2009. 36. Chapter 7 Part 1 and 4: “Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect” and “Child Protection” for Skelton AM and Davel CJ Commentary on the Children’s Act Juta and Co, 2nd edition (2010) 37. ‘Children’s Rights in Africa’ in Sessononyo, M (ed) The African Regional Human Rights System: 30 years after the ACHPR and Beyond Brill Publishers, The Netherlands ISBN 13:978900428147 (2012) 155-176 38. Sloth-Nielsen, J ‘Chapter 18: Section 54 Obligation to Report commission of sexual offences against children and persons who are mentally disabled’ in Smythe D, and Pithey B (eds) A Commentary on the Sexual Offences Act, Juta & Co, Cape Town 2011 pp 18.1-18-11 39. “Just say sorry” Ubuntu and the Child Justice Act in Diedrick, FM Ubuntu, Good Faith and Equity: Flexible Legal Principles in Developing a Contemporary Jurisprudence (Juta 2011) 40. ‘Modern African Childhoods: Does Law Matter?’ MDA Freeman (ed) Current Legal Issues Volume 14: Law and Childhood Studies Oxford University Press 2012 (pages117- 132) ISBN 9780199652501 41. “The Botswana Children’s Act 2009: a revolution for child and family law” 2012 International Survey of Family Law, (B Atkin (ed), 2012) 42. “ The Angolan Law on the Holistic development of the Child (With A Mandlate) for the 2013 International Survey of Family Law (Jordan international publishing, B Atkin ed) pp 39 – 59 ISBN 978 1 84661 726 3 43. First update of the chapter 7 of the Children’s Act: “Child protection” (parts 1,2,3,and 4) for the looseleaf Commentary on the Children’s Act) Davel and Boezaart,eds (68pp) (2013) 44. Children, the constitution, the law and social policy in State of the Nation 2013 (Human Sciences Research Council (Meyiwa, T Nkondo, M et al (eds) 2014 ISBN 978-0-7969-2461-2 pp 271-283 45. The Lesotho Child Care and Protection Act and orphans and vulnerable children” in B Atkin and F Banda (eds) International Survey of Family Law, Jordan Publishing 2014 ISBN 978-1-84661-991-5 pp 309 – 324 46.Children’s Rights and Parental Authority: African Perspectives (Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy, (Eekelaar J and George R eds) pp 281-288 (2014) 47. Chapter 14: the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Litigation in the African region: lessons from the communication procedure under the ACRWC” in Litigating the Rights of the Child ( Doek J and Liefaard T eds) ISBN 978-94-017-9445-9 pp 249- 265 (2015) 48. The Zanzibar Children’s Act: Process, Progress and potential” in Maina Peter C, Ed “The Zanzibar Yearbook of Law” (Zanzibar legal Services Centre, ISBN 9987-697-13-5 pp 229-247 (also reprinted with permission in 2015 International Survey of Family Law, Jordan Publishing) 49.“Socioeconomic rights and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the child” (D Chirwa and L Chenwi (eds) “Litigating socio-economic rights” (Cambridge University Press November 2016) 50. What’s in a name? Child Friendly Justice in Africa (in S Mahmoodi “Child Friendly Justice” Brill publishers (September 2015). ISBN 9789004297425 51. “Child Marriage? The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe rules “NO”) forthcoming in International Survey of Family Law (B Atkin ed) 2016 ISBN 978 1 78473 217 2 52. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Taking stock after 25 years and looking ahead” (52 chapters. 950 pages) Brill publishers, The Netherlands (Sloth-Nielsen J and Liefaard T eds), 2016 (ISBN 9789004295049) In Press or Forthcoming 53. The right to a nationality in Africa: New norms and new commitments (with B Manby and A Getachew) forthcoming in “Solving statelessness” published by the Institute for Statelessness Tilburg University 54. Chapters on “Child Justice” and on “The African children’s rights system” (Completed) in Boezaart T Child Law in South Africa (in preparation, for publication 2017) 55. Chapter on monitoring and enforcement of children’s rights in Liefaard T and Kikelly U “International Children’s Rights Law” (in preparation for Springer publishers, 2017) Series editor: Comparative African studies (with K Boele, B Mezmur and D Chirwa): Eleven Publishers The Hague Volume 1 (2014): M Assim, Understanding kinship care Volume 2 (2016) A Mandlate: Implementation of the CRC in Mozambique and Angola OTHER SCHOLARLY RESEARCH-BASED CONTRIBUTIONS 5.1 International Nominated the winner for the Futures Foundation annual award for child law (2015) Engaged to rework proposed general comment of the ACERWC on child marriage by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (2015) Served as a member of the Washington University Honor Jury Panel to adjudicate the winner of the 2011 international essay competition in child rights on restorative justice Oversaw drafting of General Comment no 2 (the right to name a nationality, birth registration and combatting of statelessness) of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (2013-2014) Reviewed research proposal on child labour from the Swiss research foundation (2014) Served on an expert panel before the Human Rights Council, on the Day of Discussion on children in the Justice System, 2012 Wrote parts of the decision on the communication to the ACERWC against Kenya in relation to the nationality status of children of Nubian descent (2013) Wrote parts of the decision of the ACERWC against Uganda for the use of child soldiers (2014) Was lead consultant for the Continental study on the impact of armed conflict on Children (commissioned by the QCERWC) Hosted two workshops for the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC for the development of the recent “Policy on Children (Launched on 17 November 2016) 5.2 National Member, Project Committee of the SALRC which drafted the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 (1998-2002) Member, Project Committee of the SALRC which drafted the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 (1996-2000) Member, National Council On Correctional Services, 1998-2003 Co-Founder, Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI) and wrote founding paper on prison policy 1996-2003, and served as co-manager until 2007 when I was forced to choose between prisoner’s rights and children’s rights (the CSPRI is still functioning as a project of the Dullah Omar Institute at UWC with a reach throughout Africa); between 2002 and 2007 played a management role in the development of CSPRI research agenda, and undertook considerable policy work on parole Lead Consultant contracted by the Department of Social Development to draft the regulations to the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 (drafted regulations on the parent child relationship, harmful cultural practices, foster care, drop in centres and the Forms to accompany them) Member of the drafting team of the South African Department of Social Development’s training materials on the Children’s Act, Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced (2008, 2009). Produced a DVD on the Children’s Act for the Western Cape Department of Social Development (2008) Member section 11 Committee (Children’s Rights) of the South African Human Rights Commission (from 2015) Member of the University of Pretoria based team contracted by the Department of Social Development to draft the Children’s Act 3rd amendment bill (not yet introduced) . 6. Membership of national and international bodies 6.1 International 2nd Vice President, African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2012-2013 Member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2011-2016 Listed on the roster of internationally recognized expert resource persons on ‘Children and Justice’ for UNICEF. Represented the South African Government at the Hague Conference Special Session on Intercountry Adoption, July 2010 Member of the International Association of Family Law Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) (election by invitation only) Editorial Board member, International Journal on Children’s Rights (1996- to date) Series editor (with prof K Boele): Comparative legal studies in Africa (Eleven publishers, The Hague) Appointed Chair of Children’s Rights in the Developing World, Leiden University from July 2013 until July 2018 (part time) 6.2 National Member of the Board, Resources aimed at the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAN) Former Member of the Advisory Board for the Restorative Justice Centre (South Africa). Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape 2009- 2013 (completed a 5 year term) COMMUNITY SERVICE OR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 7.1 Outreach projects Co- Convenor since 1999 of the Annual Miller du Toit Cloete/UWC conference on family and child law, going into its 20thth year in 2017 (targetting family law practitioners, social workers, psychologists and academics) Conducted training of social workers on the Children’s Act (various sessions, from 2007-2013) Conducted a workshop on intercountry adoption for the welfare authorities of Namibia (2011) and Ethiopia (2012) Gave a guest lecture to the staff of the International Criminal Court, July 2014, invited to co-convene a roundtable to develop a policy on children and the ICC for the Office of the Prosecutor Undertook investigative mission to South Sudan to investigate the impact of the conflict upon children (August 2014) Numerous radio interviews (the latest (May 2014) on corporal punishment in schools in South Africa TV interviews from time to time (the latest in August 2014 on child safeguarding) Hosted a regional workshop on intercountry adoption for the welfare authorities of Namibia, Zambia, Swaziland, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Ethiopia (2015) Keynote speaker, National Adoption conference 2016 8. Involvement with other universities/scientific institutions External examiner I am currently the external examiner on the Masters in International Rights of the Child, University of Cape Town I have been an external examiner/reviewer of the following Research Masters and Doctoral theses and dissertations (since 2014 only): Doctoral theses: University of Rwanda, University of Leiden, Melbourne University, University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria, Leiden University LLM theses: University of Botswana, University of Cape Town, University of Leiden, University of Pretoria, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Kwa Zulu Natal. LLB research papers: Rhodes University, University of Cape Town, I regularly undertaken National Research Foundation rating reviews and have completed one review of a SARCHI chair. I am regularly approached by international publishers to review book proposals. 9. Referee duties I regularly peer review articles for the following accredited South African journals (approximately 8-10 per year) African Human Rights Journal South African Law Journal South African Journal of Human Rights Speculum Iuris Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal Stellenbosch Law Review Law Democracy and Development International Social Work Criminal Justice Quarterly Youth Justice- the international journal AWARDS AND SCIENTIFIC/SCHOLARLY RECOGNITION 11. Evaluation status as scientist/scholar I enjoy a NRF B2 rating (internationally acclaimed researcher) (since 2008) REFERENCES The following persons can be contacted to confirm the contents of this curriculum vitae: Prof Ann Skelton Centre for Child Law University of Pretoria Ann.skelton@up.ac.za And Dr Jacqueline Gallinetti Director of Research. Plan International, London (from 1 October 2012) Email: jgallinetti@gmail.com Tel: 27-83-2775674 Prof Gallinetti is a former PHD student, former colleague in children’s rights and was previously an associate professor in the Faculty. For the specific purposes of the present application the following additional references are provided: 1.Prof N Steytler SARCHI Chair in Multilevel Governance, Dullah Omar Institute, UWC (nsteytler@uwc.ac.za) 2. Prof Jacques de Ville (Head of Department ): jdeville@uwc.ac.za 3. Prof T Liefaard, Director of the Advanced LLM in Children’s Rights (t.liefaard@law.leidenuniv.nl) 5