South Africa's second country report to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

South Africa's second country report to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (reporting period: May 2013 to May 2016) "provides information and data on the implementation of policies and legislation on the protection and promotion of children’s rights in line with the Children’s Charter. While we acknowledge that challenges relating to the violation of children’s rights still prevails, the State has taken additional measures to protect the rights and welfare of children and improve their wellbeing through an overarching legal, policy and administrative framework aimed at enhancing the children’s survival and development and realising their right to education, protection and participation. Of greater significance in this reporting period, the State has also ratified and recognised the economic, social and cultural rights of children."

"The legal developments include the ratification of the International Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; the passing of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act; the Prevention and Combating of Torture of Persons Act; and the Protection from Harassment Act. These laws give effect to some of the most fundamental human rights contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 1996, and the Children’s Charter."