Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context
| dc.contributor.author | Nhenga, Tendai Charity | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-08T12:27:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-08T12:27:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-20T10:58:36Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Since time immemorial, African indigenous societies have viewed childhood in terms of intergenerational obligations of support and reciprocity, and deemed the period of childhood as that for acquiring the social and technical skills necessary to perform the future roles of adulthood. Children represent lineage continuity and, most importantly, the material survival of their families and the communities at large. International human rights instruments embody a contemporary approach to childhood which views it as a distinct and separate stage of innocence, physical weakness, mental immaturity and general vulnerability - a period ideologically excluded from the production of value. With these differences in the approaches to child development, the potential for discordance between African customary laws and practices on the one hand and the objectives of the international children's rights instruments, on the other hand, is real. Can a world of such social and cultural diversity possibly attain universal interpretation, application and acceptance of the international norms of children's rights? The article highlights the challenges involved in applying the international prohibition on child labour to traditional societies of Southern Africa and offers a few compromises for a relevant regime for the region. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Nhenga, T. C. (2010). Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context. <i>African Human Rights Law Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27424 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Nhenga, Tendai Charity "Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context." <i>African Human Rights Law Journal</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27424 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nhenga-Chakarisa, T. C. (2010). Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context. African Human Rights Law Journal, 10(1), 161-196. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Nhenga, Tendai Charity AB - Since time immemorial, African indigenous societies have viewed childhood in terms of intergenerational obligations of support and reciprocity, and deemed the period of childhood as that for acquiring the social and technical skills necessary to perform the future roles of adulthood. Children represent lineage continuity and, most importantly, the material survival of their families and the communities at large. International human rights instruments embody a contemporary approach to childhood which views it as a distinct and separate stage of innocence, physical weakness, mental immaturity and general vulnerability - a period ideologically excluded from the production of value. With these differences in the approaches to child development, the potential for discordance between African customary laws and practices on the one hand and the objectives of the international children's rights instruments, on the other hand, is real. Can a world of such social and cultural diversity possibly attain universal interpretation, application and acceptance of the international norms of children's rights? The article highlights the challenges involved in applying the international prohibition on child labour to traditional societies of Southern Africa and offers a few compromises for a relevant regime for the region. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - African Human Rights Law Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context TI - Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27424 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27424 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Nhenga TC. Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context. African Human Rights Law Journal. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27424. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Children's Institute of UCT | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | African Human Rights Law Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/ | |
| dc.title | Who does the law seek to protect and from what? The application of international law on child labour in an African context | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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