Amended National Policy Framework on Child Justice, 2018

The Amended National Policy Framework on Child Justice, 2018 is available for public comments. " Following intensive consultation with role players in the Child Justice Sector, this document sets out the current reviewed, amended and integrated NPF, 2018, inclusive of the outcomes of the reviews thereof. In terms of section 93(2) (c) of the Act the first and second review processes were dealt with since 2013 by the respective Departments and Institutions through the co-ordinated endeavor of the Directors-General Intersectoral Committee for Child Justice. These reviews were however not formally Gazetted or tabled.

The number of Key Priority Areas in the NPF was increased during the review process to eliminate gaps in the areas of reporting identified in various reports on the implementation of the Act, including a report by the Parliamentary Researchers published in May 2015 and to address challenges identified since the implementation of the Act. The Key Priority Areas were also broadened to identify and include the specific information/ data that the implementing Departments / Institutions should be focusing on in their Annual Reports on the Implementation of the Act to provide a clearer picture of the flow of children through the child justice system. The review of the NPF will therefore result in the improvement of the reporting on the implementation of the Act, taking lessons learned into account. "