The Child's Right to Social Services, The Right to Social Security, and Primary Prevention of Child Abuse: Some Conclusions in the Aftermath of Grootboom

J Sloth-NielsenChildren's Rights Project, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape. An earlier version of this article was presented at a conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Eve of the 21st Century (19–23 October 2000) hosted by the University of Ghent, Belgium. I would like to thank Sandra Liebenberg of the Socio-Economic Rights Project, Community Law Centre, for her valuable assistance during the preparation of this paper, and Jackie Loffell, consultant, Johannesburg Child Welfare, for her insightful comments.

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This article reviews the links between child abuse and neglect, and children's socioeconomic rights. The recent judgment in Government of the Republic of South Africa v Grootboom 2001 (1) SA 46 (CC) is analysed with respect to the socio-economic rights accorded to children by the 1996 South African Constitution. The possible implications of the Grootboom case for the drafting of child protection legislation are examined.

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